Artists should just spend their energy on creating stuff they're passionate about rather than whining on social media or comparing themselves to others. Im pretty sure something nice could come out of that.
I can't stress enough how important sound design is for an animated project and its huge bummer a lot of indie pilots/series have a such a dull and empty sound design.
The BG for this scene is 3D with painted textures. The only thing that is reactive to light is this little alarm thingy and the lamp stick. (Video recorded in november)