Simply search for ‘baggledorf’ and click ‘buy’

Here is a links:

Audible.com

http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_AQUR_000001&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

Audible.co.uk

http://www.audible.co.uk/aduk/site/product.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&contentOID=2057116&rating=5 

Enjoy!

It has been an exhilarating experience to finally see Baggledorf looking back at me after so many years of visualising him in my head. As ever the process of reaching the final image was almost as exciting as seeing the final result.

Stage 1 - Find an Illustrator

This was the hardest part. After asking friends of friends we decided to look for a professional. Being a home grown project budget is always a concern so to find an illustrator who was willing to work to a budget, a deadline and could produce the desired effect was going to require a minor miracle.

By shear luck we found Z*qhygoem.

Step 2 - The Brief

I had a fairly clear idea in my head of how Baggledorf should look. I wanted a fairly modern cartoon look mixed with the more traditional image of a Swedish Troll. The brief we gave to Z*qhygoem was something like:

“I suppose the brief is to capture the magic of a Swedish forest with a mischievous teenage troll who loves to grassboard and fly on clouds!”

Step 3 - 12 Baggledorfs

After some toing and froing Z*qhygoem sent us the following:

We knew straight off that Z*qhygoem was going to work out for us. We spent the weekend picking out the best bits of the numerous Baggledorfs on offer and gave Z*qhygoem the feedback.

Step 4 - First Cut

Here is the picture that Z*qhygoem produced after our feedback.

For us, this was Baggledorf.

Step 5 - Finishing Baggledorf

As we hope to publish Baggledorf in audio format very soon we needed the image to include a frame and lettering. Normally, we are informed, this is the job of a graphical artist but Z*qhygoem agreed to do it for us. It made a lot of sense to us especially when we were sent the frame.

Z*qhygoem also sent us the finished image of Baggledorf which was an incredible moment for us.

Step 6 - The Final Image

With a bit of fiddling round with Pixelmator (a v cool Mac app) my husband produced the final image.

I would personally like to thank Z*qhygoem for working with us and bringing Baggledorf to life in such a short time and on a very limited budget. Z*qhygoem does not have a website as yet but as soon as it is available I fully recommend checking it out.

Hopefully when Baggledorf is published either in audiobook or print format he will appear there!

Perfect for long journeys or bedtime stories on your ipod or iphone!

Poppy and Baggledorf

Poppy, Baggldorf, Fred and Grandpa..

Baggledorf and Bog!

Baggledorf

Thanks a lot, these are lovely pictures!

There it was again, a soft tapping on her windowpane. Her heart was beating fast, she was frozen to the spot in her warm bed. She peered into the gloom. Her bedroom was dark, apart from a shaft of moonlight through the curtains.

Poppy lay still, breathing quickly and quietly. Minutes passed. I must have dreamt the tapping she hoped. Then, there it was again, that rustling and tapping outside her window.

Tap, tap… tap, tap…

Her mouth was dry.

Thinking for a moment, she smiled to herself. Maybe it was Baggledorf on a night-time expedition. Her fear vanished and she swung her legs out of bed. The floorboards felt cold as she tiptoed to the window. Poppy peaked between her red and white checked curtains, hoping to spot her troll friend.

The clearing outside the cottage was empty. Only the bucket on the well creaked in the night breeze. The full moon filled the clearing with an eery silver light. Poppy scanned the forest for any sign of movement, and glimpsed a silhouette heading towards the trees away from the cottage. It was a troll at the edge of the forest. Squinting, she could see more movement in the bushes. She gasped. There were more trolls deep in the trees behind.

“Baggledorf?” she whispered, hoping it was her friend, but these trolls looked bigger and somehow less friendly. Poppy watched as the group tiptoed noisily away, dropping what looked like sweet wrappers as they went.

She watched as the figures melted into the night.

A shiver ran down her spine. She waited by the window a while to see if they came back, then crept back to bed. Tucked up under her covers, she lay awake wondering who was sneaking round in the forest so late at night. Apart from Baggledorf she had never seen trolls so near to Grandpa’s cottage before.

The clock ticked. Her bed was cosy and warm. Grandpa’s fire glowed beneath her bedroom door. Finally, even the trolls could not keep her eyes from closing.

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