John Zeleznik is an artist and illustrator.
Career
editZeleznik has provided covers and illustrative work for many role-playing games including Shadowrun, Rifts (and other Palladium Books games), and GURPS. He graduated from the Otis/Parsons Institute of Art in Los Angeles with a BFA in Illustration. He works in acrylic paint on illustration board.
He illustrated the covers to several Shadowrun books, including DNA/DOA (1990), Queen Euphoria (1990), and Bottled Demon (1990).[1]: 280
Zeleznik is also the designer and artist for the science fiction/superhero Skraypers setting for Rifts and Heroes Unlimited.
Some of his RPG credits include Beyond the Supernatural, Systems Failure, Nightbane, and Macross II.
Zeleznik has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
Lightstrike: The Collected Illustrations of John Zeleznik was published by Cartouche Press,[2] and he also illustrated a Rifts Coloring Book.[3]
Zeleznik also designed all of the labels for the Leona Valley Winery.[4][5]
He contributed illustrations to the 2007 Hollywood Zombies trading card series.
References
edit- ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ Cartouche Press (2002). Lightstrike: The Collected Illustrations of John Zeleznik. Psi. ISBN 9781556345609. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
- ^ Zeleznik, J. (2006). John Zeleznik Rifts Coloring Book. Psi. ISBN 9781574571622. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
- ^ "FAMILY WINERY SHAKES THINGS UP THESE GRAPES READY TO RUMBLE. - Free Online Library". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
- ^ "FAMILY WINERY SHAKES THINGS UP THESE GRAPES READY TO RUMBLE.(News)". Highbeam.com. 2 October 2006. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
External links
edit- Official website
- "list of work at pen-paper.net". Archived from the original on April 4, 2005.
- Lightstrike: The Art of John Zeleznik