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[[File:Artworld Animations logo 2001.png|thumb|Logo in 2001]]
{{Infobox company
'''Artworld UK Ltd''' 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''. They closed down around 2003 for mysterious reasons...
| name = Artworld Studios
| logo = Artworld Animations logo 2001.png
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption = "Artworld Animations" logo in 2001
| former_name = Artworld UK Limited
| type = [[Wikipedia:Subsidiary|Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Wikipedia:Animation industry|Animation]]
| parent = [[Green Solutions Ltd]].
| key_people = Rob Dorney
| founded = 1998?
| defunct = 2003?
| hq_location = 10/11 Birmingham Street
| hq_location_city = [[Wikipedia:Halesowen|Halesowen]] [[Wikipedia:West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
| hq_location_country = England
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20010202020500/http://www.artworlduk.com artworlduk.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]], 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''.


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* ''[[LEGO Adventures!]]'' magazine art
* ''[[LEGO Adventures!]]'' magazine art
* ''Jack Stone'', the greatest VHS ever released
* ''Jack Stone'', the greatest VHS ever released
== 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"/>
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>
== References ==
{{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>
}}


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

Revision as of 11:58, 6 March 2024

Artworld Studios
FormerlyArtworld UK Limited
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAnimation
Founded1998?
Defunct2003?
Headquarters10/11 Birmingham Street, ,
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, 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.

External video
video icon Artworld UK showreel 2001 on YouTube

Some of their works include:

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]

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.