MD: I always enjoy it when TV shows jump ahead between seasons. It makes me feel like the characters and the world have a life of their own while I’m not watching. So with Book Two, we jumped ahead six months. Mako is now a cop, Asami runs Future Industries, Bolin’s trying to keep the Pro-bending dream alive, and Korra’s growing more frustrated with Tenzin’s airbending training. And with a new season come new outfits!

BK: Once the looks of the main characters are well established, I like to vary them with costume and hair changes where it makes sense. These variations often end up being production headaches, as we try to keep track of which outfit is supposed to be worn in each sequence. I am quite pleased with how Korra’s long-sleeved outfit turned out; it was meant to be a colder-weather outfit for her time back in the Southern Water Tribe. In hindsight, I wish we had just used it for all of Book two, but that was my bad call not to do so. Korra outfit design and color by Bryan Konietzko. Below: Korra expressions by Ki-Hyun Ryu. Cleanup by Studio Pierrot. Color by Sylvia Filcak-Blackwolf.