Research: Influences from

Brain Froud

Who is he?
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Brian Froud is an English fantasy illustrator. He lives and works

in Devon with his wife, Wendy Froud, who is also a fantasy
artist. The landscapes in his paintings are frequently inspired
by Dartmoor.

Froud was the conceptual designer and costume

designer for the films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth (both in
conjunction with Jim Henson's Creature Shop). He
collaborated with Terry Jones, who was a screenwriter on
Labyrinth, on The Goblins of the Labyrinth (1986, re-issued in
abridged form as The Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to
Goblins in 1996), and subsequently on a number of nonLabyrinth-related books about fairies and goblins, namely
of the "Lady Cottington" series, such as Lady Cottington's
Pressed Fairy Book. He has also worked with American writer
Ari Berk on more recent books, including Goblins and "The
Runes of Elfland", and produced art books such as Good
Faeries/Bad Faeries. One of his most famous art books,
Faeries, produced in collaboration with Alan Lee, was the
basis of a 1981 animated feature of the same name.
Froud's son Toby portrayed the infant of the same name in
Labyrinth; he is now an accomplished puppeteer and
creature fabricator.

Influences and works

I am looking at this artist as recommended by Alan because of his works
with goblins and fairies.

Where to go from here.

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Look into some books by Froud.

Watch the Labyrinth.

Sketches of creatures to begin

some designs.

Find some other sources to relate

to my design process, find that
actual process.