The characters were the earliest forms of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. These modifications were the ones presented to Nickelodeon, the same ones which persuaded the corporation to 'greenlight' Konietzko and DiMartino's plans and produce their pilot. Īs other characters were created, and concepts such as the bending arts' reliance on martial artistry came to be, the show's focus shifted slowly from sci-fi heavy to more Asian-influenced. Konietzko eventually fell in love with the drawing of a 'balding human man in his forties wearing a futuristic outfit' and later adding an arrow design to his head as well (an early prototype for Aang) along with sketches of a 'robot cyclops monkey holding a staff' (an early concept of Momo ) and 'a bipedal polar bear-dog hybrid' (an early concept of Appa that was later recycled as Naga ).

Since January 2002, Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko had been given the blessing of Nickelodeon's then-head of development Eric Coleman to begin crafting a series that contained 'action and adventure' and 'legends and lore'. Early designs of Zuko and Fire Nation soldiers.

Pilot talk trilogy