A few illustrations of Humphrey in action poses.
Initially, Patrice, the sensible and no nonsense snail, cannot stand the bothersome Humphrey, and tries to get away from him in any way possible.
Even if it means ascending to the highest branch of the tallest tree to escape his jibbering and jabbering...
Patrice would eventually warm to the incessant tomfoolery of Humphrey, and they would become the best of friends.
I then drew out the shapes of my characters mouths, so that they would be easier to Lip sync, when the time came.
Both Humphrey and Patrice live around a pond/bog. And they spend all their time together.
To then make a cohort for my character, I came up with the idea of a snail, having done a sketch of Humphrey holding a snail up above his head. I thought that a snail would make a good contrasting character to Humphrey, as I wanted Humphrey to be really energetic, lively and sporadic, wheras a snail would move slowly and methodically.