Faeriesįroud- and his artistic partner Alan Lee- first came to public attention as ‘faery experts’ with the publication of the illustrated book, Faeries, in 1978. Here I want to examine what he believes about the subjects he paints- and how that may influence his creative process.

Ugly Cute: invoked A lot of his faeries come off this way.Readers will be very familiar with Brian Froud’s fairy art from books such as Faeries and Good Faeries/ Bad Faeries.

The critter in the middle could look like either, depending on which way up the picture is.

Double-Sided Book: One of his art books is Bad Fairies if you start from one end and Good Fairies if you start from the other.

Darker and Edgier: Though still very whimsical.

Pete's Dragon (2016): Worked on concept art for the film.

Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (1994): Another collaboration with Terry Jones.

Illustrated by Froud and written by Labyrinth screenwriter Terry Jones.

The Goblin Companion (1996): An art book with concept art from the movie, featuring humorous biographies of dozens of goblins and fleshing out the world of the Labyrinth.

Labyrinth (1986): Collaboration with Jim Henson once again.

Unused designs of his were incorporated in the series.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019): Served as consultant.

The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths (2012-2015): Served as consultant and drew the covers.

The Dark Crystal (1982): Froud worked on the concept art, designing the film's creatures and world in collaboration with Jim Henson.Spawned an obscure 1981 animated TV special. Faeries (1978): An art book co-produced by Froud and Alan Lee probably Froud's best known work.Not to be confused with the Canadian voice actor of the same name. His son Toby appeared at age 2 in Labyrinth and would go on to become the design supervisor of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Most people will recognize him for his work on the films Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, in which his Concept Art provided the foundation for the extensive Worldbuilding seen in those films. Brian Froud (born 1947) is a well known British Fantasy Art illustrator.Īfter the rise of Fantasy Art in the Seventies with notable figures like Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo, the cladistic tree of it grew and branched into subgenres, one such subgenre was Faerie Art.

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