ZSO/Sara Blake

Sara Blake, aka “ZSO” (pronounced “zoh”), is an illustrator, fine artist, and art director based in New York City. Her work, a combination of hand-drawn illustration and digital magic, is a dizzying array of swirling inks and vibrant colors. Her commercial clients include  Condé Nast to Marc Jacobs, Nike, Ford, Hurley, IBM, Wired Magazine, VICE Media, Warner Bros Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, Scotch & Soda, and TEDx Labs as well as projects for charities including Santa Monica’s “Heal the Bay” and DACS - Designers Against Child Slavery. 

"The short answer is I make hybrid art using both traditional and digital methods. The long answer involves things like dreaming, falling in love, making mistakes, getting lost, not sleeping, drawing until you get calluses only to throw everything away, learning, failing, panicking, laughing, and waking up loving what you do."