From Collector to Sketch Card Artist with Tim Colon (Ep. 271)

That Card Collectors Podcast · Oct 15, 2026 · 1h 30m

FROM COLLECTOR TO CREATOR.

This week we’re joined by artist and collector Tim Colon,fresh from New York Comic Con and with plenty to talk about.

Tim talks about how collecting led him into sketch cards,starting with buying cards and becoming part of the community before gradually turning to creating art of his own — and eventually official sketch-card work for Upper Deck.

We talk about what it feels like to see your own artworkpulled from a pack, how being a collector shapes how Tim approaches every card, and the people who helped him get from posting in Facebook groups to working on releases…