i wanna try sticking to the habit of talkin about our episodes after they air!

Like Toby already said, we received the Legends of Mr. Gar outline AFTER we had a lot of episodes that highlighted his insecurities. This episode was meant to show Mr. Gar doing a lot of badassery and mentorship, to highlight why he is such a respected figure in the plaza. I was really excited to do this episode, because Mr. Gar is my favorite person to draw out of the entire OK K.O. cast… he’s basically a fridge with limbs!

The first part of the episode where Mr. Gar fights darrell was completely boarded by ian, and served as a great foundation to build the rest of the episode off of! I feel like I learn so much from Ian on the daily with regards to story, pacing and structure, it was great to see and study its application firsthand!

The taking off shades to reveal another pair of shades is a gag that is done to death, but it always gets me and still makes me laugh every single time i see it done. I’d been wanting to make Gar do this gag ever since i joined the team.

Like multiple people have already mentioned, flashback Enid was based off an early Rebecca Sugar design! Such beauuuutiful haaiiirrrr!

Here is the progression Gar Ham-Pec Shelf Gag, from the initial pitch to what i eventually turned in to what it finally ended up looking like! It was a throwaway joke, and I was certain that everyone was gonna nix it because it was too weird and out-there… how wrong i was! And how grateful i am! Also, you can really see how much design and animation stick to our storyboards!

Another gag that i thought was gonna get nixed was Dogmun producing a bone and money from his mouth. It was a really strange joke as is, but Ian had the great idea of putting in the exact price amount on the dollar (techno) bill! Also as an aside I’d just like to say that i really love Dogmun and will usually default to putting him in as a side character whenever I can.

I did the original designs for the Lad Boxman in Crinkly Wrinkly’s flashback, and I decided to base him off of a character I have nothing but real, genuine, seething contempt for: the berries and cream lad. Lad Boxman was described in the outline as insufferable little wretch (memory hazy, this COULD have just been in my own head), so I couldn’t think of anyone more appropriate to base his vibe off of. I hate the berries and cream lad.

An additional detail that you may have already picked up on: Lad Boxman is wearing the same outfit that darrell requests to (and eventually does) wear in We’re Captured, originally designed by Ryann!

I didn’t draw this last board panel, it was all Haewon! I just wanted to post it because it is one of my all time favorite drawings of rad. I think about it a lot.

I’d also like to reiterate Toby’s sentiment and say that JAKE/MINTPOTION REALLY BLEW ME AWAY WITH THE MUSIC FOR THIS EPISODE!!! I’m always surprised at the phenomenal jump in episode quality after we lay down his masterful tracks! I do a lot of storyboards with his OK KO tracks playing in the background and I feel like it really helps with the creative process! Music is amazing….!!?!?!??

As always, thanks for reading!