His landmark work with Jim Henson as conceptual designer on feature films THE DARK CRYSTAL, LABYRINTH and other Henson projects set new standards for design, puppeteering and animatronics in film and are considered landmarks in the evolution of modern day special effects and attract an international cult following. His international best-selling book, FAERIES with fantasy and Tolkien illustrator Alan Lee is considered a modern classic. 'I paint the spirit and soul of what I see.' - Brian Froudįor over 35 years, Brian Froud has been regarded as the pre-eminent faerie artist in the world and an authority on faeries and faerie lore. He also served as the conceptual designer on Jim Henson's films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. His books include the international best-sellers Faeries, Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book, Lady Cottington's Fairy Album, and The Faeries' Oracle. Brilliantly documenting both the dark and the light, 'Good Faeries/Bad Faeries' presents a world of enchantment and magic that deeply compels the imagination.īrian Froud is an award-winning illustrator, author, and faery authority.

The faery kingdom, we find, is as subject to good and evil as the human realm. In addition to such good faeries as Dream Weavers and Faery Godmothers, Brian introduces us to a host of less well behaved creatures- traditional bad faeries like Morgana le Fay, but also the Soul Shrinker and the Gloominous Doom. In this richly imagined new book, Brian reveals the secrets he has learned from the faeries- what their noses and shoes look like, what mischief and what gentle assistance they can give, what their souls and their dreams are like.Īs it turns out, faeries aren't all sweetness and light.

That was before they burst upon my life as vibrant, luminous beings, permeating my art and my everyday existence, causing glorious havoc.' In the long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller 'Faeries', artist Brian Froud rescues pixies, gnomes, and other faeries from the isolation of the nursery and the distance of history, bringing them into the present day with vitality and imagination. 'Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past.

Good faeries bad faeries by brian froud