Dheeraj Bhandari, AI artist / Sketch artist

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Dheeraj
Bhandari

AI films for brands, made by an artist who still draws by hand. Based in Mumbai, working everywhere.

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Light first, then everything else

I started out lighting 3D scenes for films and ads. Today I make ad films, music videos and cinematic shorts with generative AI, and I still sketch with a ballpen every day.

That mix is the point. Knowing how light falls on a face, by hand and in 3D, is what keeps the AI work from looking like AI.

Two hands. One artist.

Detailed handmade sketch of Hanuman with a crown, by Dheeraj Shiva with many arms in golden light, a frame from Dheeraj's AI showreel
Handmade sketchWith AI
Drag across the frame.Both made by Dheeraj.

Selected work

Frames from recent AI films. Hover a frame to see it in colour.

Beauty filmHaircare, studio light
Product filmChocolate
Hero productSkincare
Texture and liquidFood
MythologyDevotional scene
Creature actionFight sequence
Sci-fi shortLunar surface
WorldsEnvironment
WorldsPalace gates
Cinematic sceneFire temple
Manga storyboardInk style
Pencil animationSketch style

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Brands and productions I've worked on

  • Unilever
  • Parachute
  • Sunsilk
  • Charcoal Eats
  • Nestlé Milkybar
  • JioMart
  • Baaghi 4
  • Netflix

Some as part of studio teams.

What I can make for you

AI ad films

Full brand films and social cuts, from your script to final edit.

Product and beauty shots

Hero product, liquids, textures and skin, lit like a studio shoot.

Consistent characters

The same face across every shot, so your talent looks like one person.

Music videos

Performance, crowds and lip-sync that feel shot, not generated.

Worlds and mythology

Temples, palaces, gods and creatures for films, series and reels.

Storyboards and animatics

Fast visual boards to sell an idea before the shoot.

How a project runs

  1. Your brief

    You share the script or idea, references and where it will run. I break it into shots.

  2. Blocking in 3D

    I block camera angles and moves in Blender, so every shot is planned, not lucky.

  3. Generate and refine

    Images and video generated shot by shot, faces kept consistent, details fixed.

  4. Edit and deliver

    Edit, grade and export in every format you need, with a round of changes.

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About

I'm from Uttarakhand and have worked in Mumbai since 2025. I studied 3D VFX and Animation at DSVV Haridwar, then joined Famous Studios as a 3D lighting artist and worked on many brands and movies, as well as Netflix.

There I moved into AI and now work as an AI generalist. I take on freelance projects alongside, for brands, agencies and studios.

Off screen, I draw. My ballpen and graphite portraits have their own page.

"AI won't replace artists. It will replace artists who don't learn AI."Dheeraj Bhandari

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