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Art Attack Friday: Jon Sommariva photo

The pumped up work of Jon Sommariva graces the front page for this week's Art Attack Friday. A straight-forward comic artist at heart, Sommariva (aka *Red-J on DeviantArt) conveys his characters in the guise of wide-eyed, rough-cut, ready to rumble cartoons. With solid lines and action packed poses, his talent and creativity manages to translate any game character into its bad ass comic book equivalent.

One of the neater aspects of Sommariva's gallery on DeviantArt are the preparatory sketches of his work paired alongside the finalized colored renditions, revealing to the viewer the drastic difference between well conveyed linework and a finished piece. While it appears as though he takes quite a few commissions in his body of work, it's a pleasure to know that he continues to express his personal gaming enthusiasm with his talent as there are plenty of folk around these parts who certainly appreciate it.

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riomccarthy's Avatar
riomccarthy at 02/09/2008 01:56
Chibi Batman ;-; I want! And Wolverine! All of them.. so adorable! The rest of the artwork is absolutely amazing! I wish I could color as nicely as he does.
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ceark at 02/09/2008 02:03
nice style.
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Necros at 02/09/2008 02:04
Holy fuck, crazy looking Blanka.
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13thDragon at 02/09/2008 02:05
Holy crap, Mega Man & super heroes is JAWESOME!
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 02/09/2008 02:10
Has a lot of Joe Madureira on his art.
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crunks at 02/09/2008 02:16
Oooooooohhhh Deadpool!
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SenorCalavera at 02/09/2008 02:51
Barret is ripped, and not just in the polgonical way.

Also, kotaku has your t-shirt. Kick 'em in the teeth for late post.
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Samit Sarkar at 02/09/2008 02:59
Haha, Captain America vs. Snake is awesome...as is the one with Batman, Wolverine, Hellboy, Mega Man, and that other green guy.
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Wedge at 02/09/2008 03:13
SAVAGE DRAGON!
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Wedge at 02/09/2008 03:14
SAVAGE SAVAGE, SAVAGE DRAGON!

Oh the bygone days of USA network cartoons...
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frozenbabylon at 02/09/2008 04:57
Screw Savage Dragon. I see the freaking Maxx and that's way more important since the Maxx is awesome.
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Cynical Gamer at 02/09/2008 06:42
Nice art but why do all the characters have the same faces?
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PwnyBownz at 02/09/2008 07:00
While I appreciate the artwork aesthetically, the female faces are just wonk. The chibi-robo stuff is definitely a strong point, I loved that stuff. The Hoomons need work.
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Fanatism at 02/09/2008 07:34
@ megaman picture on top

where are they all looking? It's like they're all blind and don't really know about their eyes. ._.
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Silverhertz at 02/09/2008 07:56
I love the angles and posturing this guy does. So good.
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B-Radicate at 02/09/2008 07:57
That guy does cool work. I LOVE the main Mega Man one. Batman and Wolverine as Mega Men (?) is so fucking awesome. Props to him.
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Sam Spectre at 02/09/2008 08:30
Very good!
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Elrando at 02/09/2008 08:43
Megaman and Batman in the same picture?

Win.
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MagicAQ at 02/09/2008 09:03
Yup thought i recognised his work, the guy did GO BOY 7 for DARK HORSE comics, his style is VERY strong (as in you can see it in everything he draws) but i will admit in these pics he shows more scope than i thought possibe. Some of his stuff looks like it may even take reference from Joe MAD and well i love this stuff. He def has the ability to do japanese-robot-manga-bigeyed-fun stuff , which is why the titel pic is awesome.

thanks for shareing! glad to see moe of his stuff.
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Gameboi at 02/09/2008 09:51
Very Nice!
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Fading Star at 02/09/2008 09:52
WOLVERINE!
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SWE3tMadness at 02/09/2008 09:58
Captain America vs. Solid Snake. <3

I would pay good money to see that fight. xD
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Orionsaint at 02/09/2008 11:12
LOVE IT!

My fav is how he drew Link
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Eschatos at 02/09/2008 11:17
I like.
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Novakaine at 02/09/2008 11:24
That superhero collaboration is awesome. Good choice, Tiff.
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MisterMingo at 02/09/2008 11:58
I'm not feeling this guy's style at all. It's clunky and awkward. The poses are unnatural in some of them, the facial expressions look like he's trying too hard to make them look "edgy" (like the awful drawings on band t-shirts), Ganondorf looks like a troll doll...

The one with Batman, MegaMan, Wolverine, Hellboy, and that green guy is good. The Solid Snake and Barret ones are alright. But I don't like the others, really.
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liquidninja at 02/09/2008 12:05
@frozenbabylon
Yeah, I'm a the Maxx fan also.
I remember back when it was on MTV's Oddities along with Aeon Flux, and the Head. I only about a year ago got into the comic book.
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SanityMask at 02/09/2008 12:33
blanka has an eating disorder. Also, on the one with all the mgamanized version of characters, who is the one with the skulls? punisher?
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Mxyzptlk at 02/09/2008 12:42
@ SanityMask: Crossbones I think. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. That pic is epic though.
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braulio09 at 02/09/2008 13:18
wtf....Astro Boy!
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Cyberxion at 02/09/2008 14:28
It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who noticed a similarity to Joe Mad's work. Some of his stuff also looks like Jeff Matsuda's style too. This dude is a great artist, but his work definitely sports a copy-cat vibe.

Not that it's a bad thing. My shit is constantly compared to other people's work, and I'm not even that great an artist. This dude has talent that I could only dream of.
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Orionsaint at 02/09/2008 14:53
Oh yeah

Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 02/09/2008 14:55
Astro Boy or Astro Teen?
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NihonTiger90 at 02/09/2008 14:57
Holy cow, this stuff is awesome! I love how you guys always dig up the greatest stuff for Art Attack Friday :)
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Holyetheline at 02/10/2008 09:20
Did ya'll see those chest muscles on those dudes? woot
Boolean's Avatar
Boolean at 02/11/2008 09:03
He can't draw for shit, but he knows how to color!
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