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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"/>


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
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]]
</gallery>
</gallery>



Latest revision as of 11:11, 17 October 2026

Template:Infobox person Mariana Salimena Pires is a senior game artist at Minecraft:King working on Template:MCB, and was previously a concept artist at Minecraft:Mojang Studios working on Template:MC, Template:MCL and Template:MCD.<ref name="linkedin"/> Salimena joined Mojang in January 2020 and is graduated in arts by the Template:W<ref>https://ufjf-br.academia.edu/MarianaSalimena</ref> in Minas Gerais state from Brazil.<ref name="linkedin">Template:Cite</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1371235293538435075</ref><ref>https://www.artstation.com/marianasalimena/profile</ref>

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In October 2024, Salimena left Mojang to do art for Template:W before doing freelance. In September 2026, Salimena joined Minecraft:King as a full time artist where she worked on Template:MCB.<ref name="linkedin"/>

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