The concept of the Jax character was initially conceived as a horror novel manuscript that Joey Kelly wrote in his early 20's.
Pre-production for the pilot of Kayla and Jax began in August of 2018.
Kayla and Jax is made entirely in Adobe After Effects, and features a unique blend of 2D layers with lights and atmosphere in 3D space.
The first character concept to be finalized was "Dad". Although the designs for Kayla and Jax were drawn up first for promotional reasons, further fine-tuning resulted in design delays for the two protagonists.