iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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.

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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.

A screenshot of a statement from BlueSky explaining that the site is no longer accessible in the state of Mississippi due to a new law requiring photo identification.

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Angels and Demons. Couple of sisters from my hometown were nice enough to let me use their likenesses.

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Aaron Miller Illustration --> GenCon! @aaronbmiller.com · 22/08/2025

Friday Feels. Painted for Magic the Gathering: Shivan Branch-Burner. Oil on panel. #smaugust #fantasyart

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I legit cackled. I love takedowns of self-defense videos.

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Pablo Rivera @pablonotpicasso.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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

Side view of a group of the giant ichtyosaur, Ichtyotitan severnensis. The group consists of mothers and the newborns that were the reason for their migration to the shallow waters where this scene takes place.

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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.

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

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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Tran Nguyen @mynameistran.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

✨🔮✨ "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

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Steve Stark 🌕 @sstarkm.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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 👀

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Istrandar - Making Carnholt @istrandar.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

"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

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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.

A gnome fighter in armor with a large main sword and small dagger squares up against four loincloth-clad humans.

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Tyler Walpole ➡️ NYCC @tylerwalpole.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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.

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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.

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Zara Alfonso Illustration @zaraalfonso.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Pencil sketch of young Medusa 🖤 #art #pencil #sketchbook #drawing #sketch

“Young Medusa” is a pencil drawing by the artist Zara Alfonso. A portrait of a young Medusa looking towards towards the viewer, her expression is somber and her hair is a flowing mass of chaotic thick snakes that fill the background.

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

hey artists! quote your RED art ♥️ AWWWOOOOOOOO! Hail libertas. Hail Reaper.

Fan art of Darrow, Ragnar, Virginia, and Sevro, from Pierce Brown's Red Rising books.

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Shade of Stars @shade-of-stars.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I'm Shade, a freelance artist who loves fantasy and sci-fi.

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Cristiana 'Cru' Leone @cristianaleone.com · 19/08/2025

Today is my birthday! 🥂😁 Would you share my art, please?? 😇🥰 It is the best gift an artist can get!! 💖 Thank you!!! 💜

EOWYN - digital painting depicting Eowyn lying on the ground, looking dead. Long blond hair frames her pale but seemingly serene face. She holds the hilt of her sword, the broken tip of which is in the now-empty crown of the sorcerer of Angmar. The head of the Nazgul's monstrous mount lies at her side, above the broken shield.

LORDS of LOTHLORIEN - The two elves Galadriel and Celeborn, in the foreground, from behind, look at each other smiling lovingly. He waves her to proceed to the elf who, in front of them and in front of a crowd of other smiling elves, offers them tiaras on a leaf-shaped tray. In the background they catch a glimpse of the elven city perched in the giant trees of Lothlòrien.

Digital painting of Cristiana Leone, featuring a bust portrait of her Original character Herm, an halfish (hybrid human-fish race), who, with a sad and melancholic look, holds a book close to his bare chest.

BONDED IN WILD - Digital hand painted portrait of a beautiful shamaness, embracing her familiar, a giant white cat, while some magic flows all around.

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Reiko Murakami @reikomurakami.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Post an old illustration you still like:

Basketful of Heads #1 main cover, DC Vertigo

A figure with yellow raincoat holding bloody axe and a basket covered with tattered flag. There’s an eye peeking through the hole of the flag.

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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.

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Jolyne @jolynegarcia.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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

In a sea of planets, stars and technicolor nebulae, a crew of shiny interstellar heroes shine through the darkness of space. They are colorful, misterious and action-focused (I can't say much about them, yet) on the background, a dark power observes them in cold, dead silence

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Edward Delandre @dedart.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

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"

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 18/08/2025

The Hellgrott. A creature sometimes mistaken for a Spriggle, although quite a bit larger and considerably less friendly. These critters hunt in packs and have a piercing call when they attack. Get notified when my book Savage Strangehollow goes live via my newsletter:https://buff.ly/rg2Y1lw #art

black hairy creature at the base of an ancient tree, surrounded by artifacts. An ancient helmet, a purse spilling its contents in the grass, an old sword, a satchel and a boot... with the leg bone still in it. In the background is another large tree in silhouette with some more of these little creatures sitting in the branches.

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Getting older is a trip haha. Bent over yesterday to thumb through some movies and something went SNAP! right above my tailbone. Getting out of bed was fun this morning 😆

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Ursula Dorada @sulamoon.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Share 4 years of your #art! 2022 - 2023 - 2024 - 2025

Deera e Taka, um anjo e um tiefling abraçados no céu, de 2023

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

The finished Great Mouse Detective card from last night.

A custom birthday card with a drawing of The Great Mouse Detective. Three Copic markers are sitting on the desk in front of it and you can see a rack full of markers in the background along with a clutter of other art supplies.

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Zara Alfonso Illustration @zaraalfonso.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Fairy pencil drawing 🖤 #art #pencil #sketch #sketchbook

A traditional graphite pencil drawing by the artist Zara Alfonso. A portrait of a fairy with bird feet and long flowing hair, held in each hand are daggers made from animal teeth.

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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Joe Slucher @joeslucher.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Completely forgot to share that these playmats are available on my site. Also, I've now turned on ACH and Afterpay payments for those looking to grab this painting or others. www.joeslucher.com/products/p/n...

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Saw a completely random post with the word "exaduration" in it, and I legit had to stare at it for a full minute before my brain remembered how to spell "exaggeration."

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𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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Tristan Jones @tristansbones.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

One of my favourite Aliens covers to draw. Colour art by Dan Jackson

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Chris Lewis Lee - available for work @chrislewislee.com · 13/08/2025

Hey! I'm currently looking for more work. If interested, please see my website for more examples of my work: www.chrislewislee.com

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Finally back writing after a few weeks away. I've been having a hard time—stuck on a chapter where I need to convey a fair bit of backstory without it turning into an exposition dump—but I think I might have cracked it. When in doubt, have a young adult get pissed off and argue with their parents.

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Lewis LaRosa (he/him) @lewislarosa.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Some examples from my art book Carbon Based now live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/oni...

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Alright. Time to get off my ass and get this book done by end of September. I'm starting to REALLLLY miss making art. It's been way too long. (He says, knowing full well he'll be burned out by the time the book comes back from the editor.)

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Some really good art in this as well by my longtime internet bud Josh Meehan (who is unfortunately not on BSky)! It's a seriously pretty book.

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Haven't backed a KSer in a few years, but I had to jump on this one. If you're into absolutely stunning b/w art (and hey, who isn't?), can't recommend @lewislarosa.bsky.social enough. Can't wait to see how this book comes out.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 10/08/2025

Maurice, like me, is a huge fan of peanut butter. #watercolour #painting #monster #creatureart

a chubby green creature with a glass jar over its head, you can see its tongue on the inside of the jar and it has four yellow eyes.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The original version of my "My Little Xenomorph" piece drawn on toned tan paper at a Drink & Draw night on this day in 2017. #Alien #MyLittlePony

A drawing of a cross between the xenomorph aliens from Alien and a My Little Pony unicorn on toned tan paper. Below the drawing are a grey Prismacolor marker and a white Col-Erase pencil.

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James Hance @jameshance.com · 09/08/2025

“Standing By...” 🚀🐾 - A new original framed painting up on jameshance.com today! Prints shortly ☺️ ✨🎨 (Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel)

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Toyo @toyo-illust.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The Blossoming 🎆 #TempleOfDreams #OcArt #ArtSky

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Eric Summers | Art & Words @thatsummersguy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Hope that stepping out for a few hours tonight with some coworkers will give me a bit of a recharge. I haven't written anything on Edge of the Storm in several weeks now (damn you, RDR2!) and I'm kinda missing it.

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Sylvain Sarrailh @tohad.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Portfolio update : The Mirror of Pride "She's been following me for several days; I only see her at dusk. She always stays about ten paces away. When I confront her, she claims to be my shadow. I then asked her if I was her light. She replied that I was confusing my pride with her patience."

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