Claire Merchlinsky is an illustrator + art director in Brooklyn, NY
Currently, she is working for Square - Cash App
You can contact her at claire.merchlinsky@gmail.com

I Spy series

Cash App

Illustrated I Spy series for Cash App social channels. 
Maria Chimi Jimmy Simpson Josh Cochran

$IDENT Series 

Cash App

Cash App $IDENTs are a series of branded illustrations for sharing on Cash App’s social channels.

Nicholas Law Twisha Patni Maria Chimi Shira Inbar Ally Chen Nicholas Law Yaya Xu Nicholas Law Arif Qazi

Op Art - The Choices My Mother Could, and Couldn’t, Make

The New York Times

Op Arts are longer-form, art forward pieces that are given a custom layout in the NYT daily paper, as well as online.

Illustrated by Sophia Deng

Cash App In Wild

Cash App

Cash App In Wild is a photo-based, interactive contest that takes place on Cash App’s social channels. 

Prop styling by Maren Jevremov, photography by Daniel Cochra


Opinion Newsletters

The New York Times

Illustration direction for the NYT Opinion newsletter series. 
David Wallace Wells illustrated by Ibrahim Rayintakath Jay Caspian Kang illustrated by Alberto Miranda Jessica Grose illustrated by Eleanor Davis Tressie McMillan Cottom illustrated by Diana Ejaita John McWhorter illustrated by Pablo Delcan Tish Harrison Warren illustrated by Matija Medved


Cash App Twitch Franchises

Cash App

Cash App launched 3 streaming franchises for the debut of their presence on Twitch: Cash App Plays, Study Nights and Cash App Trivia. Stream wraps were commissioned to help brand the series and add visual interest.

Cash App Trivia - wrap design by Bureau Indépendant Cash App Plays - wrap design by Elana Schlenker Cash App Study Nights - illustrated by Rebekka Dunlap

How To Destroy Surveillance Capitalism

Medium, OneZero

Novel-length feature piece published on Medium, OneZero. 

Illustrations by Shira Inbar

Opinion Commissions

The New York Times

Various lede illustration commissions for the NYT Opinion section. 
James Marshall Ard Su Vanessa Saba Noah Baker Hokyoung Kim Matt Chase Erik Carter Karlotta Frier Derek Abella Felix Decombat Pauliina Holma Irene Suasolo Ben Grandgenett Gabriel Alcala JooHee Yoon Erik Carter Dror Cohen Matt Chase Angie Wang Hokyoung Kim


VRChat Slime World

Cash App

Custom VRChat world for Cash App social use.

Design by Jon Han

Illustration commissions

Medium, OneZero, Level + Gen

Various illustration commissions for Medium online articles + feature stories. 
Jonathon Djob Nkondo Michael Kennedy Janet Mac Antoine Cosse Dominic Kesterton Rebekka Dunlap GabrielGabrielGarble Michael Kennedy GabrielGabrielGarble Jon Han Lia Liao Jinhwa Jang

claire.merchlinsky@gmail.com