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	'''Mariana Salimena Pires''' is a senior game artist at [[Minecraft:King]] working on {{MCB}}, and was previously a concept artist at [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]] working on {{MC}}, {{MCL}} and {{MCD}}.<ref name="linkedin"/> Salimena joined Mojang in January 2020 and is graduated in arts by the {{W\|Federal University of Juiz de Fora}}<ref>https://ufjf-br.academia.edu/MarianaSalimena</ref> in ''Minas Gerais'' state from Brazil.<ref name="linkedin">{{Cite\|website=LinkedIn\|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianasalimena/\|title=Mariana Salimena Pires}}</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1371235293538435075</ref><ref>https://www.artstation.com/marianasalimena/profile</ref>		'''Mariana Salimena Pires''' is a senior game artist at [[Minecraft:King]] working on {{MCB}}, and was previously a concept artist at [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]] working on {{MC}}, {{MCL}}, and {{MCD}}.<ref name="linkedin"/> Salimena joined Mojang in January 2020 and is graduated in arts by the {{W\|Federal University of Juiz de Fora}}<ref>https://ufjf-br.academia.edu/MarianaSalimena</ref> in ''Minas Gerais'' state from Brazil.<ref name="linkedin">{{Cite\|website=LinkedIn\|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianasalimena/\|title=Mariana Salimena Pires}}</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1371235293538435075</ref><ref>https://www.artstation.com/marianasalimena/profile</ref>

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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	Mariana Salimena Mojang.jpg\|Her Twitter profile picture at the time she joined Mojang Studios		File:Mariana Salimena Mojang.jpg\|Her Twitter profile picture at the time she joined Mojang Studios
	Mariana Salimena Pires.jpg\|Salimena's current Twitter profile picture		File:Mariana Salimena Pires.jpg\|Salimena's current Twitter profile picture
	Mariana Salimena Mojang Avatar.jpg\|~~The mojang-styled avatar of Mariana Salimena~~		File:Mariana Salimena Mojang Avatar.jpg\|Her [[Minecraft:Mojavatar]]
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	'''Mariana Salimena Pires''' was a concept artist at [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]] ~~in Stockholm~~, ~~Sweden~~. Salimena joined Mojang in January 2020 and is graduated in arts by the {{W\|Federal University of Juiz de Fora}}<ref>https://ufjf-br.academia.edu/MarianaSalimena</ref> in ''Minas Gerais'' state from Brazil.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianasalimena/~~?originalSubdomain~~=se</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1371235293538435075</ref><ref>https://www.artstation.com/marianasalimena/profile</ref>		'''Mariana Salimena Pires''' is a senior game artist at [[Minecraft:King]] working on {{MCB}}, and was previously a concept artist at [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]] working on {{MC}}, {{MCL}} and {{MCD}}.<ref name="linkedin"/> Salimena joined Mojang in January 2020 and is graduated in arts by the {{W\|Federal University of Juiz de Fora}}<ref>https://ufjf-br.academia.edu/MarianaSalimena</ref> in ''Minas Gerais'' state from Brazil.<ref name="linkedin">{{Cite\|website=LinkedIn\|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianasalimena/\|title=Mariana Salimena Pires}}</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1371235293538435075</ref><ref>https://www.artstation.com/marianasalimena/profile</ref>

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	~~Mariana~~ Salimena ~~owned an illustration~~ studio ~~called Studio Nebulosa~~ in ~~Juiz de Fora~~, ~~Brazil. She worked on her autoral company~~ for 3 years, from ~~January 2015~~ to ~~January 2018~~, ~~with editorial illustration~~ and ~~animation assets~~. ~~The work took part~~ in ~~published book titles~~, ~~magazines~~, ~~advertising campaigns, animations~~ and ~~games~~. {{w\|~~Air France~~}}, ~~Medley~~, ~~Axur~~, ~~Editora Mol~~, ~~and~~ {{W\|~~Editora Globo~~}} ~~were some~~ of ~~her clients~~. ~~In 2019~~, Salimena ~~introduced herself~~ to ~~game~~ concept art ~~and photoshop courses~~.		Salimena was the studios first dedicated concept artist<ref>{{Cite\|title=I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Senior Concept Artist at Mojang Studios! It's been a wild, but extremely rewarding journey. As the first dedicated Concept Artist in the studio, I had the opportunity to define this role and create many of the workflows we use today in a larger team, not to mention I had the privilege of working in all the Studio titles for the past three years - from the action strategy of Minecraft Legends to the dungeon crawling of Minecraft Dungeons, and of course, the deep player-motivated Minecraft Vanilla.\|date=April 16, 2023\|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marianasalimena_im-happy-to-share-that-im-starting-a-new-share-7053410741655117824-SLjw/\|author=Mariana Salimena Pires}}</ref> and was promoted to Senior Game Artist in April 2022,<ref name="linkedin"/> with {{MCL}} being the first game she worked on.<ref>{{Cite\|website=LinkedIn\|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marianasalimena_the-first-game-ive-worked-when-i-joined-share-7054384763930849280-8axl/\|author=Mariana Salimena Pires\|title=The first game I've worked when I joined Mojang! I'm so very happy to see it finally being launched, it was a wonderful experience and it lives in a special place in my heart. If you want to see some of my work for Legends, check my portfolio ✨\|date=April 19, 2023}} while reposting {{Cite\|website=linkedin\|title=⚔️ It’s time to raise your banner high and unite the Overworld! ⚔️Minecraft Legends, our new action strategy game, is out today on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5{{!}}4, Steam, Windows 11{{!}}10, PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X{{!}}S, Xbox One, and Xbox Cloud Gaming.\|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/minecraft-minecraftlegends-mojangstudios-share-7054137627897147392-GLHV/\|author=Mojang Studios\|date=April 18, 2023}}</ref> According to her, the conceptual art of [[Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs]] was inspired by the episode ''Diamonds and Lemons'' from [[Minecraft:Adventure Time]], the cartoon TV show.<ref>https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1312675314267566080</ref> Besides Caves & Cliffs, Salimena registered several drawings and schematics for [[Minecraft:The Wild Update]]. She was also noted to have done a lot of early concept art for {{MCD}}.<ref>{{Bsky\|marc-irl.bsky.social\|3mxa44hsiws27\|She did a lot of the early concepts! I don’t know what all we’re sharing or not, maybe someday when we’re less busy we’ll do a digital art book with concepts.\|October 6, 2026\|userlink=[[Minecraft:Marc Watson]]}}</ref>

	~~She was an intern in~~ Mojang ~~Studios~~ for ~~8 months~~. Salimena ~~has been a full-time concept artist since August 2020. According to her, the conceptual art of~~ [[Minecraft:~~Caves & Cliffs~~]] ~~was inspired by the episode ''Diamonds and Lemons'' from [[Minecraft:Adventure Time]], the cartoon TV show~~.<ref~~>https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1312675314267566080<~~/~~ref~~> ~~Besides Caves & Cliffs, Salimena registered several drawings and schematics for [[Minecraft:The Wild Update]].~~		In October 2024, Salimena left Mojang to do art for {{w\|Toca Boca}} before doing freelance. In September 2026, Salimena joined [[Minecraft:King]] as a full time artist where she worked on {{MCB}}.<ref name="linkedin"/>

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'''Mariana Salimena Pires''' was a concept artist at [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]] in Stockholm, Sweden. Salimena joined Mojang in January 2020 and is graduated in arts by the {{W|Federal University of Juiz de Fora}}<ref>https://ufjf-br.academia.edu/MarianaSalimena</ref> in ''Minas Gerais'' state from Brazil.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianasalimena/?originalSubdomain=se</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1371235293538435075</ref><ref>https://www.artstation.com/marianasalimena/profile</ref>

== Biography ==
Mariana Salimena owned an illustration studio called Studio Nebulosa in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. She worked on her autoral company for 3 years, from January 2015 to January 2018, with editorial illustration and animation assets. The work took part in published book titles, magazines, advertising campaigns, animations and games. {{w|Air France}}, Medley, Axur, Editora Mol, and {{W|Editora Globo}} were some of her clients. In 2019, Salimena introduced herself to game concept art and photoshop courses.

She was an intern in Mojang Studios for 8 months. Salimena has been a full-time concept artist since August 2020. According to her, the conceptual art of [[Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs]] was inspired by the episode ''Diamonds and Lemons'' from [[Minecraft:Adventure Time]], the cartoon TV show.<ref>https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1312675314267566080</ref> Besides Caves & Cliffs, Salimena registered several drawings and schematics for [[Minecraft:The Wild Update]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Mariana Salimena Mojang.jpg|Her Twitter profile picture at the time she joined Mojang Studios
Mariana Salimena Pires.jpg|Salimena's current Twitter profile picture
Mariana Salimena Mojang Avatar.jpg|The mojang-styled avatar of Mariana Salimena
</gallery>

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