Mariana Salimena
| Real name | Mariana Salimena Pires |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Concept Artist |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Languages | English, Portuguese |
| Website | Artstation.com |
| Twitter handle | @cookiecat_9 |
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Mariana Salimena Pires is a senior game artist at King working on Minecraft Blast, and was previously a concept artist at Mojang Studios working on Minecraft, Minecraft Legends, and Minecraft Dungeons.[1] Salimena joined Mojang in January 2020 and is graduated in arts by the Federal University of Juiz de Fora[2] in Minas Gerais state from Brazil.[1][3][4]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Salimena was the studios first dedicated concept artist[5] and was promoted to Senior Game Artist in April 2022,[1] with Minecraft Legends being the first game she worked on.[6] According to her, the conceptual art of Caves & Cliffs was inspired by the episode Diamonds and Lemons from Adventure Time, the cartoon TV show.[7] Besides Caves & Cliffs, Salimena registered several drawings and schematics for The Wild Update. She was also noted to have done a lot of early concept art for Minecraft Dungeons.[8]
In October 2024, Salimena left Mojang to do art for Toca Boca before doing freelance. In September 2026, Salimena joined King as a full time artist where she worked on Minecraft Blast.[1]
Gallery
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Her Twitter profile picture at the time she joined Mojang Studios -
Salimena's current Twitter profile picture -
Her Mojavatar
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ a b c d "Mariana Salimena Pires" – LinkedIn.
- ↑ https://ufjf-br.academia.edu/MarianaSalimena
- ↑ https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1371235293538435075
- ↑ https://www.artstation.com/marianasalimena/profile
- ↑ "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." by Mariana Salimena Pires, April 16, 2023.
- ↑ "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 ✨" by Mariana Salimena Pires – LinkedIn, April 19, 2023. while reposting "⚔️ 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." by Mojang Studios – linkedin, April 18, 2023.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/cookiecat_9/status/1312675314267566080
- ↑ "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." – @marc-irl.bsky.social (Marc Watson) on Bluesky, October 6, 2026
