Though not her primary focus, she is also a visual artist who creates poster-size pastel drawings of abstract emotive female faces.
She ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to release an EP, titled, "Hello World.
In August 2012, Summer digitally released a cover version of the Cyndi Lauper song, "True Colors", produced by Henry Strange and Jess Stroup.
[8] Summer XO exclusively plays handmade Wechter brand acoustic guitars that have a visually unique double cutaway body style.
Summer XO also releases a series of pastel drawings of abstract female faces that depict a clear emotion.