How I Rendered a Disney Style Animation in Blender - Behind the render

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/cg-cinematogr... - 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!