Sci-Fi Fantasy, Toy and Product Illustrator. All art work and text is copyrighted John Zeleznik, unless otherwise attributed to the respective copyright owner, it is illegal to publish or print any such artwork or text without written permission by the artist or copyright owners.

April 28, 2013

Corrine

A beautiful young lady who looks like she stepped out of the Renaissance.

August 27, 2012

Lacy and friend

charcoal from life and my imagination

October 3, 2011

Shadowrun cover


One of my favorite worlds to paint for! Here's a cover I painted earlier this year for a book entitled "Artifacts Unbound" for Catalyst Game Labs

January 21, 2011

New Website in progress


Have a look zeleznikart.com and let me know what you think

November 14, 2010

2011 Fantasy Pin Up Calendar


My 2011 Fantasy Pin Up Calendar is available now
HERE

September 23, 2010

thundercloud Galaxy™ cover art in progress:Details


now it's a matter of detailing out the image and slightly adjusting values

September 20, 2010

Thundercloud Galaxy™ cover art in progress:Turning forms


(Ignore the color shift in the middle image. Must have been the time of day I took the pic). With all major elements blocked in, I slowly start turning forms. I still use the acrylic very watery in some area, but I am mostly mixing semi-opaque colors and work back over the initial washes (and adding a few details) to the main figure and creatures. Not happy with the stiff pose of the 2nd background character, I leave him and his surrounding unfinished for now.

September 16, 2010

Thundercloud Galaxy™ cover art in progress:Building value & color


Slowly washing in watery acrylic paint, building value & color. I have been studying with a wonderful instructor, Rick Morris, who emphasizes keeping shadows transparent and lights opaque. Washing in the color allows me to keep the shadows transparent and darken them slowly. Seems to be working and I feel a lot more in control of the whole painting than in the past.