Eric Summers | Art & Words
@thatsummersguy.bsky.social
https://www.thatsummersguy.com | Art Director @PMQ Pizza, Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Wanna-be Author. Art and comic dork. Bangs on drums. My sci-fantasy YA novel Riders on the Storm is out in paperback, ebook, and hardcover! https://a.co/d/223kZxA
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Yay, time for a new #PortfolioDay post! Here's some recent work for my next book, Edge of the Storm. Goal is to have it finished by this fall, aiming for early 2026 release.
Riders on the Storm is available at www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBSQQT98 for anyone interested in a fun adventure :)
Riders on the Storm is available at www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBSQQT98 for anyone interested in a fun adventure :)
Fuck off. Fuck this backwards-ass state. I guarantee my kid could still get on a straight up porn site in about 2 seconds flat. It ain’t about child safety, it’s about shutting down a site that’s overwhelmingly against the pure idiocy that infects the majority around here.
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Fuck off. Fuck this backwards-ass state. I guarantee my kid could still get on a straight up porn site in about 2 seconds flat. It ain’t about child safety, it’s about shutting down a site that’s overwhelmingly against the pure idiocy that infects the majority around here.
Are you fucking KIDDING me?
Getting real tired of all this puritanical bullshit these days. For now, I can at least access from my phone, but if that goes down I’ll be completely away from social media. This was my last remaining bastion.
Fuuuuuck.
Getting real tired of all this puritanical bullshit these days. For now, I can at least access from my phone, but if that goes down I’ll be completely away from social media. This was my last remaining bastion.
Fuuuuuck.
August 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Are you fucking KIDDING me?
Getting real tired of all this puritanical bullshit these days. For now, I can at least access from my phone, but if that goes down I’ll be completely away from social media. This was my last remaining bastion.
Fuuuuuck.
Getting real tired of all this puritanical bullshit these days. For now, I can at least access from my phone, but if that goes down I’ll be completely away from social media. This was my last remaining bastion.
Fuuuuuck.
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Angels and Demons. Couple of sisters from my hometown were nice enough to let me use their likenesses.
October 28, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Angels and Demons. Couple of sisters from my hometown were nice enough to let me use their likenesses.
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Friday Feels.
Painted for Magic the Gathering:
Shivan Branch-Burner. Oil on panel.
#smaugust #fantasyart
Painted for Magic the Gathering:
Shivan Branch-Burner. Oil on panel.
#smaugust #fantasyart
August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Friday Feels.
Painted for Magic the Gathering:
Shivan Branch-Burner. Oil on panel.
#smaugust #fantasyart
Painted for Magic the Gathering:
Shivan Branch-Burner. Oil on panel.
#smaugust #fantasyart
I legit cackled. I love takedowns of self-defense videos.
August 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I legit cackled. I love takedowns of self-defense videos.
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Painting showing a group of the giant marine reptile, Ichtyotitan. Like the modern but unrelated whales they rivaled in size, these animals likely migrated to the same shallow seas over millenia to give birth, and there are fossil beds of close relatives that also support this behavior! #paleosky
August 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Painting showing a group of the giant marine reptile, Ichtyotitan. Like the modern but unrelated whales they rivaled in size, these animals likely migrated to the same shallow seas over millenia to give birth, and there are fossil beds of close relatives that also support this behavior! #paleosky
Always a trip when you change a minor part of a scene and immediately think "OH NO, HOW WILL OUR INTREPID HEROES ESCAPE THIS DISASTER?!" So much fun hahah.
REALLY excited about the last few chapters now.
Thinking it'll top out at about 140-145,000 words total.
REALLY excited about the last few chapters now.
Thinking it'll top out at about 140-145,000 words total.
August 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Always a trip when you change a minor part of a scene and immediately think "OH NO, HOW WILL OUR INTREPID HEROES ESCAPE THIS DISASTER?!" So much fun hahah.
REALLY excited about the last few chapters now.
Thinking it'll top out at about 140-145,000 words total.
REALLY excited about the last few chapters now.
Thinking it'll top out at about 140-145,000 words total.
News from the home front in the world of graphic design. Cracker Barrel, after 48 years, has removed both the cracker AND the barrel from their branding. Many local Mamaws and Peepaws reportedly irate.
August 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
News from the home front in the world of graphic design. Cracker Barrel, after 48 years, has removed both the cracker AND the barrel from their branding. Many local Mamaws and Peepaws reportedly irate.
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✨🔮✨ "Invisible Woman," acrylic & colored pencil on watercolor paper, 9x13.75", $5000 (original available, contact mail@mynameistran.com).
Here is my new variant cover for Marvel's #FantasticFour Issue no. 3, featuring Invisible Woman! #suestorm #invisiblewoman
Here is my new variant cover for Marvel's #FantasticFour Issue no. 3, featuring Invisible Woman! #suestorm #invisiblewoman
August 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
✨🔮✨ "Invisible Woman," acrylic & colored pencil on watercolor paper, 9x13.75", $5000 (original available, contact mail@mynameistran.com).
Here is my new variant cover for Marvel's #FantasticFour Issue no. 3, featuring Invisible Woman! #suestorm #invisiblewoman
Here is my new variant cover for Marvel's #FantasticFour Issue no. 3, featuring Invisible Woman! #suestorm #invisiblewoman
YEEEEESSSSSSS!
First poster for ‘Blue Eye Samurai’ S2 🔵
Coming soon to Netflix
Coming soon to Netflix
August 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
YEEEEESSSSSSS!
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Dunno how many newer followers have seen this stuff; but I've been working on a personal project in my off-time for about 8 years now called FOLK. It's a closer look at ordinary people set in extraordinary worlds.
I might even be working on the next piece for it 👀
I might even be working on the next piece for it 👀
August 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Dunno how many newer followers have seen this stuff; but I've been working on a personal project in my off-time for about 8 years now called FOLK. It's a closer look at ordinary people set in extraordinary worlds.
I might even be working on the next piece for it 👀
I might even be working on the next piece for it 👀
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"Chasmfiend on the Hunt"
Illustration made for the Cosmere Rpg.
I was reading the Stormlight archives a second time when I got the opportunity to make this so I was fully hype ! Bringing to life such a cool creature was a treat
Illustration made for the Cosmere Rpg.
I was reading the Stormlight archives a second time when I got the opportunity to make this so I was fully hype ! Bringing to life such a cool creature was a treat
August 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"Chasmfiend on the Hunt"
Illustration made for the Cosmere Rpg.
I was reading the Stormlight archives a second time when I got the opportunity to make this so I was fully hype ! Bringing to life such a cool creature was a treat
Illustration made for the Cosmere Rpg.
I was reading the Stormlight archives a second time when I got the opportunity to make this so I was fully hype ! Bringing to life such a cool creature was a treat
Every time it happens, I'm always and inevitably amazed by how much we (I) rely on internet service for day-to-day tasks. My ISP went down this morning and JUST come back on—so I've been pretty much unable to accomplish anything work-related.
Looks like I'll be putting in some after-hours hours
Looks like I'll be putting in some after-hours hours
August 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Every time it happens, I'm always and inevitably amazed by how much we (I) rely on internet service for day-to-day tasks. My ISP went down this morning and JUST come back on—so I've been pretty much unable to accomplish anything work-related.
Looks like I'll be putting in some after-hours hours
Looks like I'll be putting in some after-hours hours
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Post an old illustration you still like:
Good lord this is 6 years old now, but I still love how this little gnome fighter came out.
Good lord this is 6 years old now, but I still love how this little gnome fighter came out.
August 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Post an old illustration you still like:
Good lord this is 6 years old now, but I still love how this little gnome fighter came out.
Good lord this is 6 years old now, but I still love how this little gnome fighter came out.
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My understanding is that publishing rates for illustration largely hasn’t changed in 100 years.
I don’t mean that it kept up with inflation, I mean that after the camera came along the rates did not increase over the next 100 years. And those were the GOOD jobs. Many places paid less.
I don’t mean that it kept up with inflation, I mean that after the camera came along the rates did not increase over the next 100 years. And those were the GOOD jobs. Many places paid less.
These are spreads for McCall's magazine by Andy Virgil, 1959. Each spread was paying about $1,500 at that time. Today that would be between $9,000-$12,000. The average price of a brand new car in 1959 was $2,200.
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My understanding is that publishing rates for illustration largely hasn’t changed in 100 years.
I don’t mean that it kept up with inflation, I mean that after the camera came along the rates did not increase over the next 100 years. And those were the GOOD jobs. Many places paid less.
I don’t mean that it kept up with inflation, I mean that after the camera came along the rates did not increase over the next 100 years. And those were the GOOD jobs. Many places paid less.
Probably THE formative reading experience of my youth. Wendy made me want to become an artist, and over the years I've tracked down a full run of all the original issues (as well as the BEAUTIFULLY-painted Donner editions).
I always, always recommend this series to anyone and everyone.
I always, always recommend this series to anyone and everyone.
ElfQuest is BACK! The new FULL-COLOR, hardcover edition of Book 1: Fire & Flight from @darkhorse.com is out now.
It’s time to (re)discover #ElfQuest. Grab a copy today and we’ll send you an exclusive, signed art print!
shopstands.com/collections/...
It’s time to (re)discover #ElfQuest. Grab a copy today and we’ll send you an exclusive, signed art print!
shopstands.com/collections/...
August 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Probably THE formative reading experience of my youth. Wendy made me want to become an artist, and over the years I've tracked down a full run of all the original issues (as well as the BEAUTIFULLY-painted Donner editions).
I always, always recommend this series to anyone and everyone.
I always, always recommend this series to anyone and everyone.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
hey artists!
quote your RED art ♥️
AWWWOOOOOOOO! Hail libertas. Hail Reaper.
quote your RED art ♥️
AWWWOOOOOOOO! Hail libertas. Hail Reaper.
August 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
hey artists!
quote your RED art ♥️
AWWWOOOOOOOO! Hail libertas. Hail Reaper.
quote your RED art ♥️
AWWWOOOOOOOO! Hail libertas. Hail Reaper.
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I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi.
August 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi.
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Flyby
8 x 6 inches
A new tiny painting coming to @everydayoriginal.bsky.social tomorrow morning (8/20)!
www.everydayoriginal.com
#oilpainting #moon
8 x 6 inches
A new tiny painting coming to @everydayoriginal.bsky.social tomorrow morning (8/20)!
www.everydayoriginal.com
#oilpainting #moon
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Flyby
8 x 6 inches
A new tiny painting coming to @everydayoriginal.bsky.social tomorrow morning (8/20)!
www.everydayoriginal.com
#oilpainting #moon
8 x 6 inches
A new tiny painting coming to @everydayoriginal.bsky.social tomorrow morning (8/20)!
www.everydayoriginal.com
#oilpainting #moon
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Today is my birthday! 🥂😁 Would you share my art, please?? 😇🥰
It is the best gift an artist can get!! 💖
Thank you!!! 💜
It is the best gift an artist can get!! 💖
Thank you!!! 💜
August 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Today is my birthday! 🥂😁 Would you share my art, please?? 😇🥰
It is the best gift an artist can get!! 💖
Thank you!!! 💜
It is the best gift an artist can get!! 💖
Thank you!!! 💜
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Post an old illustration you still like:
August 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Post an old illustration you still like:
Post an old illustration you still like:
Good lord this is 6 years old now, but I still love how this little gnome fighter came out.
Good lord this is 6 years old now, but I still love how this little gnome fighter came out.
August 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Post an old illustration you still like:
Good lord this is 6 years old now, but I still love how this little gnome fighter came out.
Good lord this is 6 years old now, but I still love how this little gnome fighter came out.
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key art I worked on for Starfinder: Afterlight ✨
I've been working at @epictellers.bsky.social for a few months now, and there'll be more exciting things to come soon! 👀
#starfinder #epictellersent #paizo
I've been working at @epictellers.bsky.social for a few months now, and there'll be more exciting things to come soon! 👀
#starfinder #epictellersent #paizo
August 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
key art I worked on for Starfinder: Afterlight ✨
I've been working at @epictellers.bsky.social for a few months now, and there'll be more exciting things to come soon! 👀
#starfinder #epictellersent #paizo
I've been working at @epictellers.bsky.social for a few months now, and there'll be more exciting things to come soon! 👀
#starfinder #epictellersent #paizo
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Did this one for Halloween of 2022, still one of the things I've painted i am the most proud of!
Oil on board 18x24"
Oil on board 18x24"
February 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Did this one for Halloween of 2022, still one of the things I've painted i am the most proud of!
Oil on board 18x24"
Oil on board 18x24"