title: John Zeleznik
text: # John Zeleznik
  
  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 $(1990).^{:280}$
  
  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, 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.
  
  