Yan Ostretsov

Yan Ostretsov

Design | Art | Lighting

Visual Designer / 18 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Designer

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016)

Designer

Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013)

Designer

Rage (2011)

Level Designer

Quake Live (2010)
Character Exploration 2
Character Explorations
"I want to Believe."
The House on the Hill
Lost Ford
Yan Cthulhu
Almost There
Les (Inspired by S.Messing)
Domiki (Anonymous Film Inspired)
Marmoset Film
Marmoset Dust
Marmoset Miniature
Marmoset Cinematic
Marmoset Vertical
Yan Beast
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Unreal Test
Jellyfish Lake
The Replicant City
Evropa
Venezia
RAGE - Refinery
RAGE - Bank Co-op
RAGE - Distillery
RAGE - Distillery
RAGE - Distillery
RAGE - Refinery
My name is Yan Ostretsov and I am a Designer/Artist in the Entertainment Industry.

Extensive knowledge of the overall game production pipeline. Held numerous positions from Level Design, Environment Art, Lighting, Concept Art/Visual Development, VFX, R&D and Matte Painting.

I specialize in the following things:
– ART DIRECTION
– LEVEL DESIGN
– ENVIRONMENT ART
– LIGHTING
– VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
– CONCEPT ART
– MATTE PAINTING
Work History

  • [Visual] Level Designer

    Infinity Ward

    June 2012 - Present

    Responsible for creating visually appealing and fun levels/environments with cinematic lighting, visual development and exploration of various locations. Paintovers, concepts, level pitches and building levels while balancing art and gameplay. Mainly concentrating on lighting, composition, environmental storytelling and overall mood.

  • id Software

    February 2008 - June 2012

    Responsible for creating visually appealing and fun environments with cinematic lighting. Responsibilities:

    - Level Design (from sketch/blockout to final polish)
    - Modeling/Building Environments
    - Lighting
    - Visual Development (concept art, paintovers, pre-vis)

    Designed and created levels for RAGE and Quake LIVE.

    RAGE LEVELS
    - Distillery
    - Bank Coop
    - Refinery

    Previously was responsible for gameplay, flow, item distribution as well as visuals of multiple Quake LIVE levels.

    QUAKE LIVE LEVELS
    - Ironworks
    - Siberia
    - Asylum
    - Trinity
    - Quarantine
    - Furious Heights
    - Training
    - Practice - Rocket Jumping
    - Practice - Strafe Jumping