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1	[[quoteright:261:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BrianFroud_5825.jpg]]
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3	Brian Froud (born 1947) is a well known British FantasyArt illustrator.
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5	After the rise of Fantasy Art in the Seventies with notable figures like Creator/FrankFrazetta and Creator/BorisVallejo, the cladistic tree of it grew and branched into subgenres, one such subgenre was Faerie Art. Brian Froud ''is'' Faerie Art.
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7	Most people will recognize him for his work on the films ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' and ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', in which his ConceptArt provided the foundation for the extensive WorldBuilding seen in those films. His son Toby appeared at age 2 in ''Labyrinth'' and would go on to become the design supervisor of ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance''.
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9	Froud's homepage can be found [[http://www.worldoffroud.com/ here]].
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11	Not to be confused with [[Creator/BrianFroudActor the Canadian voice actor of the same name]].
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14	!! Notable Projects:
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16	* ''Faeries'' (1978): An art book co-produced by Froud and Alan Lee; probably Froud's best known work. Spawned an obscure 1981 animated TV special.
17	* ''Franchise/TheDarkCrystal'':
18	** ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' (1982): Froud worked on the concept art, designing the film's creatures and world in collaboration with Creator/JimHenson.
19	** ''ComicBook/TheDarkCrystalCreationMyths'' (2012-2015): Served as consultant and drew the covers.
20	** ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'' (2019): Served as consultant. Unused designs of his were incorporated in the series.
21	* ''Labyrinth'':
22	** ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' (1986): Collaboration with Jim Henson once again.
23	** ''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. Illustrated by Froud and written by ''Labyrinth'' screenwriter [[Creator/MontyPython Terry Jones]].
24	* ''Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book'' (1994): Another collaboration with Terry Jones.
25	* ''[[Film/PetesDragon2016 Pete's Dragon]]'' (2016): Worked on concept art for the film.
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28	!! Tropes in his work:
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30	* DarkerAndEdgier: Though still very whimsical.
31	* DoubleSidedBook: One of his art books is ''Bad Fairies'' if you start from one end and ''Good Fairies'' if you start from the other. The critter in the middle could look like either, depending on which way up the picture is.
32	* TheFairFolk
33	* OurFairiesAreDifferent
34	* UglyCute: [[invoked]] A lot of his faeries come off this way.
35	* WorldBuilding

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