1:1 Mentoring Program

Private mentoring for technical art, art direction, programming, and DevOps.

Get structured tutoring from Sreyeesh Garimella, a veteran technical artist, director, render wrangler, and developer who is hired by studios, schools, and private students exclusively to tutor. Every session blends hands-on demos, production context, and creative polish so you keep shipping.

  • Weekly 1:1 sessions focused on active scenes, builds, and pipelines
  • Pair reviews on technical art workflows, Unreal builds, and DevOps automation
  • Tailored lesson plans spanning art direction, programming, and SRE tooling

Mentoring Outcomes

  • Custom tutoring curriculum & practice briefs
  • Annotated demos for tools, pipelines, and creative work
  • Documented progress your studio or classroom can reference

Limited to 5 mentees per month.

Who This Is For

Mentoring tracks built for DevOps engineers, SREs, game devs, and art teams.

Technical artists & TDs

Get help wrangling renders, optimizing rigs, and scripting tools with someone who has solved the exact production issues.

Art directors & cinematic leads

Receive trusted paint-overs, storytelling guidance, and presentation reviews that keep teams aligned.

Game devs & programmers

Pair on gameplay systems, Unreal builds, code structure, and milestone planning without leaving your IDE.

Platform & DevOps engineers

Design CI/CD, infrastructure, and observability lessons that match your stack—GitHub Actions, Terraform, Kubernetes, and more.

Students & private cohorts

Book a tutor who writes custom curricula for capstones, portfolio polish, or studio onboarding.

Mentoring Tracks

Choose the focus area that matches your immediate goals.

Technical Art & Tools

  • Shader, rigging, and render wrangling breakdowns with live demos
  • Pipeline automation tutorials (Python, Unreal/Unity tooling)
  • Shot diagnostics, optimization passes, and review-ready renders
  • Documentation templates so teams retain the lessons

Art Direction & Cinematics

  • Look development, storytelling, and presentation systems
  • Iterative briefs, paint-overs, and cinematic edits
  • Portfolio sequencing for studio-ready reels
  • Leadership coaching for directors and classroom leads

Game Development & Unreal

  • Gameplay code reviews, performance passes, and polish sprints
  • Vertical slice planning, milestone coaching, and funding prep
  • Unreal/Unity build pipelines with DevOps-friendly automation
  • Curriculum design for student teams shipping playable builds

DevOps & Programming Systems

  • CI/CD architecture tutoring (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Buildkite)
  • Infrastructure-as-code, cloud, and observability lessons with code reviews
  • Python, Go, and TypeScript coaching tied to real automation work
  • Service reliability curriculum for small teams and solo devs

How Mentoring Works

A four-step loop that keeps you shipping.

  1. 1

    Book a discovery call

    We unpack your current work, goals, and blockers to see if there’s a fit.

  2. 2

    Receive a 4-week roadmap

    A custom plan with briefs, milestones, and references tailored to the outcomes you need for your production or study plan.

  3. 3

    Weekly sessions & reviews

    Live breakdowns, async notes, and direct edits to keep you shipping on schedule.

  4. 4

    Final review + next steps

    We assess progress, document the improvements, and map the next sprint or learning arc.

Trusted Experience

Studios and teams that have relied on Sreyeesh Garimella for engineering leadership and creative mentoring.

FAQ

Common questions before booking a call.

Is this beginner friendly?

Yes. We tailor briefs to your baseline skill level and focus on fast iteration to build confidence.

How much time do I need each week?

Expect 5–8 hours outside of the weekly session for pipeline work, automation experiments, asset iterations, or documentation updates.

Which tools do you support?

Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender, Substance, Figma, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, AWS, Azure, GCP, plus Python/Go/TypeScript tooling. If your stack isn’t listed, we’ll adapt.

Where do sessions happen?

Live calls take place on Zoom or Google Meet. Async feedback and files are tracked inside Notion & Frame.io.

Ready to stop learning alone?

Let’s design a tutoring plan for your technical art, game, programming, or DevOps goals.

Book a free strategy call to audit your scene, build, or pipeline and outline the private curriculum you need.