Raquel Cornejo

Raquel Cornejo is an illustrator and concept artist. Cornejo worked at MercurySteam from May 2015-May 2017 as a concept artist for Metroid: Samus Returns. She previously worked as a freelance illustrator and for Geek & Sundry, and currently works at elite3d (where she has concepted artwork for Hitman 2 and Call of Duty: WWII). According to Cornejo on Twitter, she drew much of the in-game Metroid: Samus Returns Gallery artwork, such as the piece for Proteus Ridley, although the artbook has very little of her art.Cornejo, Raquel (Raquelmajere). "Mi Ridley!!! :D Una pena que no salga en el libro de arte, pero lo podréis ver en la galería de arte del juego ;)..." 16 Sep 2017, 9:39 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/Raquelmajere/status/909033929893695488
==Gallery==
File:Raquel Cornejo Samus and baby Metroid art.jpg|Artwork of Samus Aran and the baby (not for Samus Returns).Cornejo, Raquel (Raquelmajere). "Fanart Cartoon Samus Aran and Metroid artstation.com/p/EWYQN" 17 Sep 2017 2:20 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/Raquelmajere/status/909467193473200128Raquel Cornejo (raquelcornejoartist). "Samus Aran and Metroid #fanart #metroid #samus #cartoon #illustration #art" Instagram. September 17, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/BZJopCGgKoz/
File:Artorias vs. Metroid (Raquel Cornejo).jpg|Artorias (Dark Souls) vs. a Metroid Cornejo, Raquel (Raquelmajere). "#artorias Vs #metroid 😱" 20 Sep 2017, 3:21 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/Raquelmajere/status/910569688958226434
File:Metroid Team (MSR at MercurySteam).png|Samus Returns development team.Cornejo, Raquel (Raquelmajere). "Metroid Team!! :D" 1 Oct 2017, 5:06 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/Raquelmajere/status/914582249437368321
File:MSR Art Gallery 005.png|Proteus Ridley artwork in-game.
Raquel Cornejo Samus six fanart challenge.jpg|Teaser of an unofficial drawing by Cornejo, shared on Twitter for the #sixfanartchallenge.Cornejo, Raquel. (Raquelmajere). "Work in progress next #SixFanarts #SixFanartsChallenge #Samus Alien monster" 14 April 2020 3:40 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/Raquelmajere/status/1250146851233333248Raquel Cornejo (raquelcornejoartist). "Work in progress next #sixfanarts #sixfanartschallenge #samus ." Instagram. April 14, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/B--TDKXqXu4/Raquel Cornejo (raquelcornejoartist). "Second and Last round! 😃 #sixfanartschallenge ." Instagram. April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_IqAo2Kpa4/ The finished design is available on Redbubble.Raquel Cornejo (raquelcornejoartist). "Tercer aniversario #metroidsamusreturns LINK STORE 👉 https://www.redbubble.com/es/shop/ap/57640127?asc=u" Instagram. September 16, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFNFQ2ljjBV/
MSR hi-res Samus and baby Metroid artwork.jpg|High-resolution version of artwork in the game's gallery, shared by Cornejo in April 2020.Cornejo, Raquel. (Raquelmajere). "Precisamente los concepts de Samus no eran míos jeje salvo alguna cosilla, esto por ejemplo :)" Translation: "Precisely the concepts of Samus were not mine hehe except for a little thing, this for example :)" 14 April 2020 5:22 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/Raquelmajere/status/1250172626405928960Raquel Cornejo (raquelcornejoartist). "Uploaded on @artstationhq🙂 #metroid #metroidsamusreturns #conceptart #art #illustrations #videogames #nintendo3ds" Instagram. July 30, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jTIVOCQCW/
==External links==
*Cornejo on LinkedIn
*Cornejo on MobyGames
*Cornejo on Twitter
*Cornejo on ArtStation
*Cornejo on Instagram
==References==
Category:MercurySteam employees
Category:Concept Artists