GD: In Trolls, some of the images are hand-drawn (or appear to be), some seem like they might be real puppets, and others appear to be CG. GD: In this book, who did what? Who draws, who writes, who makes the digital designs?īF: Wendy wrote the text and sculpted the 3D figures – we both made the troll objects – and Brian painted, drew, photographed and created the digital designs as well as designing the whole book. We work from home so it was basically a 24 hour a day project!
Usually Brian drew the pictures first and I responded with words but occasionally I wrote and Brian illustrated afterward. We pinned blank cards to corkboard for each page and filled them in as we either finished stories or pictures. We realized rather early on that it was going to be so big and complicated that we would need to storyboard the whole thing.
Wendy Froud: This book was a complete collaboration with both of us contributing to every aspect of its development. GD: Describe your creative process working together. The popularity of the Gnomes book led to Alan and I creating Faeries and everything seemed to take off from there, including Dark Crystal. Within a few years there were other well known fantasy artists such as Roger Dean and Wayne Anderson working in the genre as well. A lifelong puppet maker, Wendy Froud also worked on The Muppet Show and The Muppet Movie.īrian Froud: I was one of the first living artists to have a book of fantasy illustration, The Land of Froud, published that was a recognition of not only my place as a contemporary illustrator but also placed in historical context with artists such as Rackham and Dulac. I bet you didn't know this: She created creatures for The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, and she was the fabricator of the Yoda puppet in The Empire Strikes Back, back when these special effects were made of latex and cloth, not pixels. Brian's last book was How to See Faeries, published by Abrams in 2011.īrian's wife, the American Wendy Froud, has become an accomplished doll artist, sculptor, and puppet maker in her own right. Brian's best-selling books include Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (with Monty Python's Terry Jones), Good Faeries / Bad Faeries, and The Faeries' Oracle, among other titles.
The winner of numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Original Artwork, he worked with Jim Henson as conceptual designer on The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, helping to innovate new designs, puppets and animatronics.
Meanwhile, Brian Froud has become one of the most pre-emiminent visualizers of the world of faerie and folktale.
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