Artist Essay : Brian Froud
Brian Froud,one of the world's most respected folklore artist,was born in Winchester,United Kingdom in 1947.Brian Froud is a famous artist who creates many fantasy art.He is most known for his faerie art.He had made many books including his latest "Brian Froud's Faeries".His wife,Wendy Froud,also makes fantasy art with him.
Brian Froud
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Brian sees his work as being something that starts on reality,looking at the natural world.He has a unique art style that i found interesting in his fantasy art.In his art,Brian wants to convey and show life,reality and feeling.Brian paints and illustrates works such as Goblins,Trolls,Elves and even Pixies.He used to attend the school of Maidstone College of Art.Brian Froud has also worked in movies such as The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth which he worked with Jim Henson.I really liked the movies and would recommend them for making fantasy art and getting ideas from them.
Brian Froud - Toby and Goblins
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After the release of The Dark Crystal and celebrating dinner for the launch of the movie,both Brian and Wendy had met Jim Henson on a ride.Jim quickly suggested to make another movie for it was a hit gaining 25 million dollars for the movie.Brian had quickly gotten an idea and suggested one of his favourite topics which is Goblins.He had thought of an image where a small child would be surrounded by a bunch of goblins.This art piece then was handed to the director.This piece was handed to Terry Jones and which he immediately loved it and went on to working on the Labyrinth movie.
Brian Froud Artwork
Brian Froud - Trolls
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Brian's artwork is really stunning for me and has a strong imagination.In the 1970s,Froud moved to Dartmoor where he began painting trolls and other fairytail creatures.Some of these artworks were seen in books of British Illustration.His work shows brush strokes which makes them even more surreal,which is what makes these kind of artworks beautiful.
Brian Froud - The Tree Spirit
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The brush strokes he leaves mostly make the trees even more realistic.He gives trees faces and makes them blend in really well.His fantasy books which included artworks were a huge success.His first fairy tail book was "Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book" which was published in 1991.His movies The Dark Crystal and The Labyrinth consisted of puppets and animatronics for the mystical creatures.These films had achieved success quickly and Brian's art were noticed quickly.
Brian Froud - Dark Chrysalis
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His artworks and concepts for the movie The Dark Crystal was cited by many artists and fantasy lovers.They found this film to be very inspiring.Brian suggested this movie to be more dark.The Dark Crystal movie was created accidently since it was going to be The Dark Chrysalis instead.Henson worked on some sketches and concepts on crystals for the movie and art books because he had thought that Brian had told him to the movie would be crystal and not chrysalis.Soon Brian went on looking on his work and had told him the whole mistake yet he still loved it and accepted it for the movie.His artwork really reminds me of horror comics and manga that are created by Japanese artists and other artists all over the world.I see it like this because of the creatures of how violent they look and the ammount of colours that blend in to create a dark background.
The image below is called "The Dark Crystal" and this was a concept art for the movie made by Brian Froud.To me it seems that this art piece was inspired by Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" because of the mixture of black with blue sky and the black tower going up which seems like on a mountain.
Brian Froud - The Dark Crystal
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Sources
Dark Crystal,Encylopedia Froud (Online Site)
http://www.darkcrystal.com/encyclopedia_froud.php#
(First accessed in 19 April 2015)
World of Froud (Online Site)
http://www.worldoffroud.com/
(First accessed in 19 April 2015)
Fantasy Art Essentials,Traditional and Digital Art (Book)
Creative Masterclass Image FX
Brian Froud - Dark Chrysalis
Image available at :
http://www.luminarium.org/blogpics/trollwitch.jpg
His artworks and concepts for the movie The Dark Crystal was cited by many artists and fantasy lovers.They found this film to be very inspiring.Brian suggested this movie to be more dark.The Dark Crystal movie was created accidently since it was going to be The Dark Chrysalis instead.Henson worked on some sketches and concepts on crystals for the movie and art books because he had thought that Brian had told him to the movie would be crystal and not chrysalis.Soon Brian went on looking on his work and had told him the whole mistake yet he still loved it and accepted it for the movie.His artwork really reminds me of horror comics and manga that are created by Japanese artists and other artists all over the world.I see it like this because of the creatures of how violent they look and the ammount of colours that blend in to create a dark background.
The image below is called "The Dark Crystal" and this was a concept art for the movie made by Brian Froud.To me it seems that this art piece was inspired by Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" because of the mixture of black with blue sky and the black tower going up which seems like on a mountain.
Brian Froud - The Dark Crystal
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http://media.digititles.com/title-graphic-art/0d072ece84e62696a6b97e3b4bf2554a/medium/the-dark-crystal-the-world-of-the-dark-crystal-concept-art-by-brian-froud-6.jpg
Sources
Dark Crystal,Encylopedia Froud (Online Site)
http://www.darkcrystal.com/encyclopedia_froud.php#
(First accessed in 19 April 2015)
World of Froud (Online Site)
http://www.worldoffroud.com/
(First accessed in 19 April 2015)
Fantasy Art Essentials,Traditional and Digital Art (Book)
Creative Masterclass Image FX
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