Commissions
People commission customs for birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and family portraits, and for crossovers Topps will never print.
Where the artists are
Reddit is where collectors show off finished pieces, but collectors keep pointing to the Facebook groups as the place to reach sketch artists, and some mention Instagram. Treat any name below as a lead: commission books open and close, and prices move, so check the artist's own channel for current terms.
The best customs work for the same reason the original cards did. The name has to land as a pun and the picture has to sell one gag. A personal hook, a hobby or a job or a family joke, matters as much as the artist's pedigree.
Artists collectors have shown and praised
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Tom Bunk
One of the original painters, and the early artist collectors talk about commissioning most. One collector called their Bunk custom the most treasured card they own, and another reported paying $400 for a full-colour piece in January 2025, one collector’s price rather than a rate. GPK World’s commission page said requests were paused in November 2026.
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Pat Chaimuang
A name collectors raise for detailed, realistic sketch work. A Nat Nerd piece drew praise for its detail, and collectors bring Pat up when talking about high-end sketches.
Contact: No public commission route found
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Slippa Chervascus
On the sketch roster for Go on Vacation, and a buyer’s favourite commission to date. That collector reached him through Facebook.
Contact: Facebook
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Robert Jimenez (zerostreet)
A Topps artist who also takes private work. His commissioned InterGOOlactic Mayhem artist proofs drew plenty of attention, and he has said collectors in the Facebook groups usually contact him directly.
Contact: Facebook collector groups
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Michael Barnard (DeloreanMike1976)
Draws GPK-style kids on fast-food bags, including an Adam McBomb and a Hamburglar Scotty, and does customs after a spell working on Topps sets. Collectors who saw the bag pieces asked how to book him.
Contact: Shop linked from his Reddit posts
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liviah_art
Oil paintings in the GPK style, including portraits of real people and pop-culture mashups. One buyer reported paying $150 for three pieces in 2025, one buyer’s price.
Contact: Search the handle liviah_art
Sketch, proof or custom?
Hand-drawn is not the whole story. Where a sketch came from, a Topps pack, the artist's own table, a private order or an indie set, changes what it is worth to collectors. More than one near-identical sketch can carry a 1/1 number, so a finished painting, a production rough, a signed card and a pack sketch are four different things when you look at prices. Independent sets like Carnage Pail Kids and Mad Scientist Kids sell on their sketches. If you want one particular sketch, the usual advice is to buy that card or pay the artist, because a box can hold none.
One recent commission thread drew questions about whether the work looked AI-made, and another praised a piece for being drawn by hand. If it matters to you, ask the artist to show work in progress.
Know an artist who should be here? Tell us through the contact page. For the bigger picture, see what collectors say and the artist index.