![Ryuu Ansatsuken](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/acb917_8184470216c74af5a4005ad748758557~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_70,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/acb917_8184470216c74af5a4005ad748758557~mv2.png)
I'm Ali, a digital artist based in Hyderabad, India. I usually go by my artist's name, Dragoon. I like painting, reading, listening to music, riding a bicycle, and studying languages. I’m primarily self-taught and started my journey with digital art when I joined online artist boards around 2014. My work gradually transformed as I worked with fellow artists in online art collectives such as the Cosmosys and the Luminarium. They’ve both merged and formed Team Aurora (projectaurora.art). In my early large-scale work around 2016, I mostly made vector art using the 'pentool' in Adobe Photoshop. However, going beyond just vector, it also incorporated brushwork and other effects, which made it a sort of eclecticism between vector and painting. The core idea of my work during this time was to illustrate the energy of my subjects using shapes and forms and create a surreal, mystical impression which in turn brings out the energy in the viewer and allows their imagination to flow.
![Flow of Light](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/acb917_9c0e3fd5faeb4a518ef1ce54a652d689~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_55,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/acb917_9c0e3fd5faeb4a518ef1ce54a652d689~mv2.jpg)
From 2018 onwards, I almost entirely from vector to painting using a pen tablet. I’ve been focusing on a more extensive variety of themes since. I paint imaginary or surreal natural environments inspired by real life, sometimes with animals; scenes based on my own life experiences; game and novel-based scenes/characters such as Kvothe from Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicle or Huckleberry Finn from Mark Twain’s work. Through my current themes, I intend to provide an opening to a world different from everyday life, one which would make one want to dive in for an adventure or a moment of relaxation – with an imagination that builds upon and goes beyond what we see in daily life.
![DGN - Riverside of Myths](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/acb917_6044ae539dd34f54b063dbd937aee961~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_71,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/acb917_6044ae539dd34f54b063dbd937aee961~mv2.jpg)
More info:
Behance: https://www.behance.net/dragoondgn
Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/dragoondgn
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dragoondgn/