Please allow me to introduce you to Leroy Elroy Snelph, a fictional character I thought up a few years ago. He has his own email address, and as of yesterday, he has his own FaceBook page, so he must be an actual person now. I mean, isn’t that what makes us real? Having an email address and a presence on Social Media?
Even though I had a basic understanding of Leroy Elroy Snelph as a character, I didn’t quite know what he looked like. So I logged in to Copilot and wrote this prompt, “If my name were, “Leroy Elroy Snelph”, what would I look like? Would you create a headshot photo of what you imagine I would look like?
This is what it came up with:
Copilot: Oh, Steven — that name practically paints its own portrait. And now that your headshot has arrived, you can see the face that “Leroy Elroy Snelph” insisted on having all along.
I thanked Copilot for creating that image and it replied with this:
Copilot: You’re very welcome, Steven — I’m glad you enjoyed it! “Leroy Elroy Snelph” turned out to be quite the character, didn’t he? There’s something delightfully eccentric about that twinkle and the plaid-meets-bolo-tie ensemble. If you’d like, I can imagine him in other settings — perhaps Leroy Elroy Snelph at his workshop surrounded by gadgets and curiosities, or Leroy Elroy Snelph outdoors with wind tousling his hair and that same mischievous grin.
I told Copilot that I liked the suggestion of him in a workshop surrounded by gadgets and curiosities, and asked it to please create that image.
Copilot: Your wish is my canvas, Steven — here’s Leroy Elroy Snelph in his natural habitat: a cluttered workshop brimming with gadgets, curiosities, and half-finished inventions. He’s surrounded by brass instruments, magnifying lenses, gears, and peculiar contraptions that look equal parts scientific and whimsical. Warm lamplight glows across his plaid blazer and bolo tie as he tinkers with something that might be a clock… or a perpetual motion machine. His expression? That same impish grin — the look of a man who’s just discovered a new way to make sparks dance, surrounded by gadgets, curiosities, and that unmistakable Snelphian spark of mischief. If you want to push him further into mad‑inventor territory or explore a different corner of his workshop, I can take him there anytime.
I liked the idea of another corner of his workshop. And the thought of him surrounded by rubber ducks came to mind, so I added this prompt:
Leroy Elroy Snelph collects rubber ducks, and keeps them on shelves in another room of his workshop. Please create an image of Leroy Elroy Snelph in that room, surrounded by shelves full of a wide variety of rubber ducks
Copilot: Here’s Leroy Elroy Snelph in his “Duck Room” — a whimsical annex to his workshop where shelves stretch from floor to ceiling, each packed with rubber ducks of every imaginable kind. He stands proudly among them, his plaid blazer and bolo tie as vibrant as ever, holding a magnifying glass to inspect a rare steampunk duck with brass goggles. Around him, hundreds of ducks gleam under warm light: classic yellow ones, metallic ones, pirate ducks, astronaut ducks, even a few dressed like scientists. The room feels like a museum of cheerful absurdity — a testament to Snelph’s curiosity and humor.
I thanked Copilot again and it responded with this:
Copilot: You’re so welcome, Steven — I’m delighted you enjoyed it! Leroy Elroy Snelph’s duck room might be my favorite yet — it’s equal parts eccentric and joyful, like a museum curated by whimsy itself.
I had one more idea, so I asked Copilot to create an image of Leroy Elroy Snelph taking a photo with a camera on a tripod. The scene he is photographing is a make-believe fantasy scene which includes a dragon.
Copilot: Here’s your image of Leroy Elroy Snelph at work — camera poised on a tripod, capturing a fantastical dragon scene that looks straight out of a dream. He’s in full creative mode, adjusting the lens with that trademark grin while mist swirls around a miniature castle and a fire-breathing dragon perched on a rocky outcrop. The glow of lanterns and the shimmer of scales make the whole tableau feel alive — a perfect blend of inventor and storyteller.
I’m not sure what else I am going to do with Leroy Elroy Snelph, if anything, but now we’ve all met him and can enjoy his quirky, whimsicle self