I’m an artist building illustrated worlds for curious kids and the grown-ups who still are. I work in ink and pixels, somewhere between a sketchbook and a dream.
Illustrated worlds · Studio of Don Pavlik
Don Pavlik Art.
Stories drawn from the space between the everyday and the impossible.
flip the lights, meet Kid Disco →
The worlds
Two worlds I’m building out.
The big ongoing projects — each its own universe, with room to grow. Everything looser lives in the Sketchbook below.
Cover art
Kayden & the Coat
Graphic novel · in progressAn ordinary kid, one extraordinary coat, and the dream world waiting on the other side of lights-out. The story I’m drawing now.
Enter the storyKid Disco
Character · dream worldThe character I’ve been drawing the longest — Kayden’s electric alter-ego. Magenta, cyan, spark gold.
Light it up
The sketchbook
Everything else, all in one place.
Series, studies, and chaotic draw-alongs. New kinds of work just become a new tag — no new front door needed.
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A doctor in the distance hears the roar and heads to help.
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From the depths a roar comes from Leo and old battle-hardened lion-headed rabbit.
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Crab is saved from an attack due to his favorite
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Our little crab is thrown into the battle arena only to find a snack.
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KidDisco enters the next room hungry and is presented with something that will sever that hunger.
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KidDisco enters the room to be in awe of a large fire daisy.
See the full sketchbook for everything.
Product shots
Prints & shop
Take a piece of the worlds home.
Archival prints, stickers, and the occasional disco ball — straight from the studio.
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Portrait of Don
About the artist
Hello — I’m Don.
More about the studio
Based in the everyday · drawn toward the impossible
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Come hang out where the work lives.
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