About John Zeleznik
John Zeleznik was an illustrator and role-playing game designer.
John Zeleznik is an artist and illustrator.
Career Zeleznik 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).
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, and he also illustrated a Rifts Coloring Book.
Zeleznik also designed all of the labels for the Leona Valley Winery.
He contributed illustrations to the 2007 Hollywood Zombies trading card series.
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