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{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Artworld Studios
| name = Artworld Studios
| logo = Artworld Animations logo 2001.png
| logo = Artworld Animations logo transparent.png
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption = "Artworld Animations" logo in 2001
| logo_caption = "Artworld Animations" logo in 2001
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| key_people = Rob Dorney
| key_people = Rob Dorney
| founded = 1998?
| founded = 1998?
| defunct = 2003?
| defunct = ?
| hq_location = 10/11 Birmingham Street
| hq_location = 10/11 Birmingham Street
| hq_location_city = [[Wikipedia:Halesowen|Halesowen]] [[Wikipedia:West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
| hq_location_city = [[Wikipedia:Halesowen|Halesowen]] [[Wikipedia:West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
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| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20010202020500/http://www.artworlduk.com artworlduk.com]
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20010202020500/http://www.artworlduk.com artworlduk.com]
}}
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'''Artworld UK Ltd''', later '''Artworld Studios''', was a British art and animation company. It was a division within [[Green Solutions Ltd]] and a sister company to [[Data Design Interactive]], who worked with [[LEGO Media]]. Artworld created animated videos for many LEGO video games, as well as art for magazines and home video animations. The company was founded in 1998 to create art for ''LEGO Rock Raiders'', as well as animations for ''LEGO Chess''.
'''Artworld UK Ltd''', later '''Artworld Studios''', was a British art and animation company. It was a division within [[Green Solutions Ltd]] and a sister company to [[Data Design Interactive]], to which it functioned as the animation division of. Artworld created animated videos for many LEGO video games, as well as art for magazines and home video animations.


[[File:Artworld UK home page 20000818.png|thumb|left|upright|Webbed site]]
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| video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yirPh5W5AC0 Artworld UK showreel 2001] on YouTube
| video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yirPh5W5AC0 Artworld UK showreel 2001] on YouTube
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Some of their works include:
* ''[[LEGO Chess]]''
* [[LEGO Racers (video game)|''LEGO Racers'']]
* [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']]
* Other games
* ''[[LEGO Adventures!]]'' magazine art
* ''Jack Stone'', the greatest VHS ever released


== History ==
== History ==
In October 1997<ref>Schwelling, Amy (17 May 1999). [https://archive.org/details/DDI-RockRaiders-RaidersWorldClub/mode/2up?view=theater "LEGO Rock Raiders "Behind the Scenes..." for the LEGO World Club Magazine"]. LEGO Media internal memo. Retrieved 6 March 2024</ref> [[Data Design Interactive]] began developing [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']], a video game based on the then-upcoming LEGO [[LEGO Rock Raiders|product line of the same name]], after being approached by [[LEGO Media International]]. During the game's development, Artworld UK was set up as a sister company to Data Design, intended to serve as a dedicated graphics and animation team.<ref name="AWN"/>
In October 1997<ref>Schwelling, Amy (17 May 1999). [https://archive.org/details/DDI-RockRaiders-RaidersWorldClub/mode/2up?view=theater "LEGO Rock Raiders "Behind the Scenes..." for the LEGO World Club Magazine"]. LEGO Media internal memo. Retrieved 6 March 2024</ref> [[Data Design Interactive]] began developing [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']], a video game based on the then-upcoming LEGO [[LEGO Rock Raiders|product line of the same name]], after being approached by [[LEGO Media International]]. During the game's development, Artworld UK was set up as a sister company to Data Design, intended to serve as a dedicated graphics and animation team.<ref name="AWN"/>


Artworld Animators also created the FMV cutscenes for ''[[LEGO Chess]]'' based on scripts by [[David Upchurch]]. In this game they are credited as DDI instead of Artworld.<ref>Upchurch, David (2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20180821013515/http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc "LEGO Chess (PC)"]. ''dupchurch.com''. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018.</ref>
Artworld Animators also created the FMV cutscenes for ''[[LEGO Chess]]'' based on scripts by [[David Upchurch]]. In this game they are credited as DDI instead of Artworld.<ref name="dup Chess">Upchurch, David (2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20180821013515/http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc "LEGO Chess (PC)"]. ''dupchurch.com''. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018.</ref>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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== Works ==
 
Video games
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Caption text
|-
! Year !! Title !! Platforms !! Contributions
|-
| 1998 || ''[[LEGO Chess]]'' || [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] || FMV sequences (as Data Design Interactive)<ref>LEGO Media; Krisalis Software (6 November 1998). [https://archive.org/details/LEGOChess-manual-EU-IB2G-CHE3/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater ''LEGO Chess'' Instruction Manual]. p. 35. "FMV Sequences by Data Design Interactive".</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999 || [[LEGO Racers (video game)|''LEGO Racers'']] || Windows, [[Wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] || Intro FMV,<ref>White, Karl [rrcoder] (8 March 2011). [https://rockraidersunited.com/topic/2451-i-may-have-a-surprise-for-you/?do=findComment&comment=50239 "Another little tidbit from the backups..."] (comment on forum topic "I May Have A Surprise For You..."). [https://web.archive.org/web/20240306135025/https://rockraidersunited.com/topic/2451-i-may-have-a-surprise-for-you/page/2/#comment-50239 Archived] from the original on 6 March 2024.</ref> advertising<ref name="showreel"/>
|-
| [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']] || Windows, PlayStation || FMV cutscenes, storyline,<ref name="showreel"/> in-game textures and models<ref name="CGW"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2000 || ''[[LEGOLAND (video game)|LEGOLAND]]'' || Windows || FMV cutscenes, storyline<ref>Camburn, Sarah; Scotford, Laurence (25 July 2000). [https://archive.org/details/LEGOLAND-manual-EU-2299543/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater ''LEGOLAND'' Instruction Manual]. LEGO Media. p. 38. "Animation Work: Artworld UK; Storylines and Animation Director: Jon Harrison".</ref>
|-
| ''[[LEGO Alpha Team (video game)|LEGO Alpha Team]] || Windows || Intro FMV<ref name="showreel"/>
|-
| ''[[LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom]]'' || Windows || FMV cutscenes<ref name="showreel"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001 || ''[[LEGO Creator: Harry Potter]]'' || Windows || FMV Production<ref>LEGO Software; Superscape (2001). [https://archive.org/details/LEGOCreatorHP-manual-EU-4168526/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater ''LEGO Creator: Harry Potter'' Instruction Manual]. p. 43. "FMV Production — Artworld UK Ltd."</ref>
|-
| ''[[LEGO Racers 2]]'' || Windows, [[Wikipedia:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]] || Intro FMV<ref>LEGO Software; Attention to Detail (9 August 2001). [https://archive.org/details/LEGORacers2-manual-Win-EU-dvd/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater ''LEGO Racers 2'' Instruction Manual]. p. 28. "ARTWORLD UK LIMITED – Rob Dorney - Intro FMV".</ref>
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Wikipedia:Nickelodeon Party Blast|Nickelodeon Party Blast]]'' || Windows, [[Wikipedia:GameCube|GameCube]], [[Wikipedia:Xbox (console)|Xbox]] || Artwork, animation sequences<ref>Data Design Interactive (October 2002). ''Nickelodeon Party Blast''. [[Wikipedia:Infogrames|Infogrames]]. Credits. "Artwork and Animation Sequences – ArtWorld Studios".</ref>
|}
 
Magazines: Cover art, comics, and misc art in ''[[LEGO Adventures!]]''.
 
Video: ''[[Jack Stone (film)|Jack Stone]]'', one of the greatest works of animations in the history of the universe


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="AWN">Younghusband, Paul (February 2001). [https://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.11/5.11pages/younghusbandartworld.php3 "A One Stop Digital Shop: Data Design Interactive and Artworld UK"]. [[Wikipedia:Animation World|''Animation World Magazine'']]. Vol. 5, No. 11. AWN, Inc. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230118045641/https://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.11/5.11pages/younghusbandartworld.php3 Archived] from the original on 18 January 2023. Mirror available at [https://www.awn.com/animationworld/one-stop-digital-shop-data-design-interactive-and-artworld-uk Animation World Network].</ref>
<ref name="AWN">Younghusband, Paul (February 2001). [https://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.11/5.11pages/younghusbandartworld.php3 "A One Stop Digital Shop: Data Design Interactive and Artworld UK"]. [[Wikipedia:Animation World|''Animation World Magazine'']]. Vol. 5, No. 11. AWN, Inc. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230118045641/https://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.11/5.11pages/younghusbandartworld.php3 Archived] from the original on 18 January 2023. Mirror available at [https://www.awn.com/animationworld/one-stop-digital-shop-data-design-interactive-and-artworld-uk Animation World Network].</ref>
<ref name="CGW">Moltenbrey, Karen (March 2000). [https://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2000/Volume-23-Issue-3-March-2000-/Legos-Come-to-Life.aspx "Legos Come to Life"]. ''Computer Graphics World''. Volume 23, Issue 3. CGW Magazine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230914145037/https://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2000/Volume-23-Issue-3-March-2000-/Legos-Come-to-Life.aspx Archived] from the original on 14 September 2023.</ref>
<ref name="showreel">Artworld UK (2001). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yirPh5W5AC0 Artworld UK showreel].</ref>
}}
}}


[[Category:Animation studios]]
[[Category:Animation studios]]
[[Category:Data Design Interactive]]
[[Category:Data Design Interactive]]

Latest revision as of 12:22, 12 March 2024

Artworld Studios
FormerlyArtworld UK Limited
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAnimation
Founded1998?
Defunct?
Headquarters10/11 Birmingham Street,
Halesowen West Midlands
,
England
Key people
Rob Dorney
ParentGreen Solutions Ltd.
Websiteartworlduk.com

Artworld UK Ltd, later Artworld Studios, was a British art and animation company. It was a division within Green Solutions Ltd and a sister company to Data Design Interactive, to which it functioned as the animation division of. Artworld created animated videos for many LEGO video games, as well as art for magazines and home video animations.

Webbed site
External video
video icon Artworld UK showreel 2001 on YouTube

History

In October 1997[1] Data Design Interactive began developing LEGO Rock Raiders, a video game based on the then-upcoming LEGO product line of the same name, after being approached by LEGO Media International. During the game's development, Artworld UK was set up as a sister company to Data Design, intended to serve as a dedicated graphics and animation team.[2]

Artworld Animators also created the FMV cutscenes for LEGO Chess based on scripts by David Upchurch. In this game they are credited as DDI instead of Artworld.[3]





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Works

Video games

Caption text
Year Title Platforms Contributions
1998 LEGO Chess Windows FMV sequences (as Data Design Interactive)[4]
1999 LEGO Racers Windows, PlayStation Intro FMV,[5] advertising[6]
LEGO Rock Raiders Windows, PlayStation FMV cutscenes, storyline,[6] in-game textures and models[7]
2000 LEGOLAND Windows FMV cutscenes, storyline[8]
LEGO Alpha Team Windows Intro FMV[6]
LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom Windows FMV cutscenes[6]
2001 LEGO Creator: Harry Potter Windows FMV Production[9]
LEGO Racers 2 Windows, PlayStation 2 Intro FMV[10]
2002 Nickelodeon Party Blast Windows, GameCube, Xbox Artwork, animation sequences[11]

Magazines: Cover art, comics, and misc art in LEGO Adventures!.

Video: Jack Stone, one of the greatest works of animations in the history of the universe

References

  1. ↑ Schwelling, Amy (17 May 1999). "LEGO Rock Raiders "Behind the Scenes..." for the LEGO World Club Magazine". LEGO Media internal memo. Retrieved 6 March 2024
  2. ↑ Younghusband, Paul (February 2001). "A One Stop Digital Shop: Data Design Interactive and Artworld UK". Animation World Magazine. Vol. 5, No. 11. AWN, Inc. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Mirror available at Animation World Network.
  3. ↑ Upchurch, David (2012). "LEGO Chess (PC)". dupchurch.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018.
  4. ↑ LEGO Media; Krisalis Software (6 November 1998). LEGO Chess Instruction Manual. p. 35. "FMV Sequences by Data Design Interactive".
  5. ↑ White, Karl [rrcoder] (8 March 2011). "Another little tidbit from the backups..." (comment on forum topic "I May Have A Surprise For You..."). Archived from the original on 6 March 2024.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Artworld UK (2001). Artworld UK showreel.
  7. ↑ Moltenbrey, Karen (March 2000). "Legos Come to Life". Computer Graphics World. Volume 23, Issue 3. CGW Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Camburn, Sarah; Scotford, Laurence (25 July 2000). LEGOLAND Instruction Manual. LEGO Media. p. 38. "Animation Work: Artworld UK; Storylines and Animation Director: Jon Harrison".
  9. ↑ LEGO Software; Superscape (2001). LEGO Creator: Harry Potter Instruction Manual. p. 43. "FMV Production — Artworld UK Ltd."
  10. ↑ LEGO Software; Attention to Detail (9 August 2001). LEGO Racers 2 Instruction Manual. p. 28. "ARTWORLD UK LIMITED – Rob Dorney - Intro FMV".
  11. ↑ Data Design Interactive (October 2002). Nickelodeon Party Blast. Infogrames. Credits. "Artwork and Animation Sequences – ArtWorld Studios".
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