I want to share some of the lessons I learnt the hard way while lighting an animated shot by the Character Animator Josep "Vel" Castaño.

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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Objectives
02:20 Lessons from the first attempt
07:34 Trying to get there
11:10 Reevaluating references
12:06 Character light roles
14:14 Final result analysis
20:56 The end

Further reading:
https://chrisbrejon.com/cgcinematogr... CG Cinematography Book by Chris Brejon. If you like analysis of lighting in animation, he does them better!
https://studio.blender.org/blog/Sprit... Lighting Blog from the Blender Studio. I used the same technique to make all the volumetrics!