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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 - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 01:56
riomccarthy
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.
ceark's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 02:03
ceark
nice style.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 02:04
Necros
Holy fuck, crazy looking Blanka.
13thDragon's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 02:05
13thDragon
Holy crap, Mega Man & super heroes is JAWESOME!
Teta's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 02:10
Teta
Has a lot of Joe Madureira on his art.
crunks's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 02:16
crunks
Oooooooohhhh Deadpool!
SenorCalavera's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 02:51
SenorCalavera
Barret is ripped, and not just in the polgonical way.

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

Oh the bygone days of USA network cartoons...
frozenbabylon's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 04:57
frozenbabylon
Screw Savage Dragon. I see the freaking Maxx and that's way more important since the Maxx is awesome.
Cynical Gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 06:42
Cynical Gamer
Nice art but why do all the characters have the same faces?
PwnyBownz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 07:00
PwnyBownz
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.
Fanatism's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 07:34
Fanatism
@ megaman picture on top

where are they all looking? It's like they're all blind and don't really know about their eyes. ._.
Silverhertz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 07:56
Silverhertz
I love the angles and posturing this guy does. So good.
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 07:57
B-Radicate
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.
Sam Spectre's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 08:30
Sam Spectre
Very good!
Elrando's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 08:43
Elrando
Megaman and Batman in the same picture?

Win.
MagicAQ's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 09:03
MagicAQ
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.
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 09:51
Gameboi
Very Nice!
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 09:52
Fading Star
WOLVERINE!
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 09:58
SWE3tMadness
Captain America vs. Solid Snake. <3

I would pay good money to see that fight. xD
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 11:12
Orionsaint
LOVE IT!

My fav is how he drew Link
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 11:17
Eschatos
I like.
Novakaine's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 11:24
Novakaine
That superhero collaboration is awesome. Good choice, Tiff.
MisterMingo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 11:58
MisterMingo
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.
liquidninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 12:05
liquidninja
@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.
SanityMask's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 12:33
SanityMask
blanka has an eating disorder. Also, on the one with all the mgamanized version of characters, who is the one with the skulls? punisher?
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 12:42
Mxyzptlk
@ SanityMask: Crossbones I think. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. That pic is epic though.
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 13:18
braulio09
wtf....Astro Boy!
Cyberxion's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 14:28
Cyberxion
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.
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2008 14:53
Orionsaint
Oh yeah

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