Pipeline Consultant & 3D Coach

Abhijeet
Dalli

I fix broken pipelines.
I build sharper artists.

16 years inside the machine — as an artist, lead, HOD, producer, and educator. Now I help mid-size VFX and animation studios eliminate the chaos between their tools and their people.

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16+
Years in 3D / VFX
6+
Roles Across Pipeline
∞
Bottlenecks Untangled
Abhijeet Dalli
16
Years in
Industry
About
Every role.
Every layer.
3D Artist
Team Lead
Head of 3D Department
Project Manager
Line Producer
Educator — MAAC & Frameboxx
Software Technical Specialist
Autodesk
Unreal Engine
Adobe
Pipeline Audit
Team Structure
Production Flow

Most consultants advise from the outside. I've lived every floor of the building. From staying up nights rendering frames as a junior artist, to managing the chaos of a full production as a Line Producer — I've occupied every seat in the room.

That's not a credential flex. It's the reason I can walk into a studio, talk to every department in their own language, and pinpoint exactly where the pipeline is bleeding time and money.

16 years means I've seen the same five problems repeat across dozens of studios. The tools change. The breakdowns don't. I'm here to fix them faster than you'd figure it out alone.

What I Do
Two ways
to work together.

Depending on where you are — running a studio with real pipeline pain, or an artist who wants to grow fast — there's a clear path in.

01
Pipeline Stability
Consulting
For Studios — 15 to 80 people

A structured audit and fix engagement for mid-size Indian VFX and animation studios running on Maya, 3ds Max, or ShotGrid — where things mostly work but feel like they shouldn't.

  • 3-stage pipeline audit (leadership → HODs → live walkthrough)
  • Pipeline Risk Score with RAG status per department
  • Root cause analysis with cost implications
  • 30-60-90 day fix roadmap, delivered live
  • Mumbai · Pune · Hyderabad · Bangalore
02
3D Artist
Coaching
For Individuals — 1-on-1 Sessions

Mentorship for 3D artists who are stuck, plateauing, or trying to break into the industry seriously. Not generic tutorials — targeted guidance based on where you actually are.

  • Portfolio and showreel review + actionable critique
  • Career path planning — what to learn and in what order
  • Tool-specific coaching: Maya, 3ds Max, real production workflows
  • Industry reality — what studios actually look for
  • Online sessions, flexible scheduling
Career Arc
The full picture.
Present
3D Pipeline Stability Consultant
Independent · India
Helping mid-size VFX and animation studios eliminate pipeline chaos through structured audits, bottleneck mapping, and actionable roadmaps.
Prior
Software Technical Specialist
Autodesk and Adobe Ecosystem
Deep technical expertise in Maya and 3ds Max — advising studios and production teams on tool integration and workflow efficiency.
Mid Career
Line Producer & Project Manager
Indian VFX & Animation Studios
End-to-end production ownership across multiple projects — scheduling, resource planning, cross-department coordination, and delivery.
Educator
3D Faculty & Trainer
MAAC & Frameboxx
Trained hundreds of 3D students in production-standard workflows, helping bridge the gap between academic learning and studio reality.
Foundation
3D Artist → Team Lead → HOD
Production Floor
Started where it all starts — on the floor, building assets, hitting deadlines, learning what the pipeline looks like from the inside.
From The Floor
What production
teams say.

From HODs to producers — people who've worked with me on real pipelines, under real pressure.

These are sample testimonials — replace with real ones when you collect them
"

Abhijeet walked into our studio mid-crisis — three departments misaligned, ShotGrid barely being used. Within two weeks he had mapped every bottleneck and given us a roadmap we could actually execute. The 30-60-90 plan was the clearest thing anyone had handed us in years.

RK
Rohan Kulkarni
VFX Supervisor · Mumbai Studio
"

What set Abhijeet apart was that he never had to ask what a TD or a lead artist actually does — he already knew. The audit felt like talking to someone who had lived our problems, not someone reading from a consultant playbook.

PM
Priya Menon
Line Producer · Pune Animation Studio
"

We were losing almost a full day per week to render farm miscommunication and asset versioning issues. Abhijeet pinpointed both root causes in the first live walkthrough. The fixes were cheaper and faster than we expected.

AS
Aditya Shah
Head of 3D · Hyderabad VFX House
From Students
What artists
who trained with me say.

Not just what they learned — how it changed how they work.

These are sample testimonials — replace with real ones when you collect them
"

I had watched hundreds of tutorials and still felt lost inside a real pipeline. Abhijeet's coaching was the first time someone explained how the pieces actually connect in production. Three months later I got my first studio job.

NS
Nikhil Shetty
Junior 3D Artist · Bangalore
"

My showreel sat on my hard drive for a year because I didn't know what was wrong with it. One session with Abhijeet and I had a clear list of exactly what to fix and why. He doesn't sugarcoat — which is exactly what I needed.

DP
Divya Pillai
Freelance 3D Generalist · Mumbai
"

Abhijeet taught me how studios actually think — what they look for, what they ignore, what kills your chances in the first 10 seconds of a reel review. That context is worth more than any software tutorial I've ever taken.

KR
Karan Rao
Animation Student · Frameboxx Alumni
Contact

Let's talk
about what's broken.

Studio with a pipeline problem. Artist looking to level up. Either way, the first conversation is free. No pitch decks, no fluff — just an honest look at where you are.

Email dalliabhijeet02@gmail.com LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/abhijeet-dalli-02 Location Mumbai, India
// Studio Consultation
Pipeline Audit Call

45-minute discovery call. You describe the friction, I'll tell you if I've seen it before and what it usually costs to fix. No obligation.

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// Individual Coaching
1-on-1 Coaching Session

First session is a clarity call. Bring your portfolio, your questions, your confusion. We'll figure out the fastest path forward.

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