Landscapes in his paintings are often inspired by Dartmoor. He works and lives in Devon with Wendy Froud, his wife, who is also a fantasy artist. Between 1972 until the year 1976, he illustrated four books written by Margaret Mahy, a children’s author. The same year he worked on that movie, his concept art for the movie was published in “The World of the Dark Crystal”, the companion book.Īfter he graduated, he spent five years working in Soho, London as a commercial illustrator, before he moved to Chagford, Devon in the year 1975. It was his artwork in “The Land of Froud” and “Once Upon A Time” that brought him to Jim Henson’s attention, who sought Brian out to collaborate on his all-puppetry film called “The Dark Crystal”. For the 2016 version of “Pete’s Dragon”, he was a concept artist. Hogan’s live action version of “Peter Pan” where he served as a designer. Other movies he worked on were “Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumber”, “The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, and P. He worked on the pilot episode of “The Storyteller” in 1987, a television series of Henson’s. He also worked on films such as “Labryinth” and “The Dark Crystal” as the conceptual designer.

The idea for the book came from publisher Ian Ballantine, who was inspired by the success of the 1977 Dutch-authored book called Gnomes. It was the basis of an animated short film released in the year 1981, and had sold more than five million copies by 2003 and hit number four on the New York Times Best Sellers list. He is an English fantasy illustrator that is best known for his book “Faeries” with Alan Lee, which is an illustrated compendium of faerie folklore. In the year 1967, he enrolled as a painter at Maidstone College of Art, where he graduated with a first class honors diploma in Graphic Design in the year 1971. He grew up in rural Hampshire before they moved to Kent. Brian Froud, born May 6, 1947, and was an only child.

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