Sara De Los Santos is a New York-based illustrator and animator, a recent graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with a BFA in Illustration and a minor in History of Culture & Politics. Her work explores themes of cuteness, food, animals, and nostalgia - character-led illustrations, comics, zines, and surface pattern work across digital, traditional, and fiber mediums.

The portfolio features a highly saturated, round-form aesthetic with a strong emphasis on food and cute animal characters. De Los Santos uses soft, bouncy shapes to convey "cuteness and safeness" - influenced by children's TV (Ruby and Max, Wow Wow Wubbzy) and video games (Cooking Mama, Webkinz). The work has a comfort-food visual quality: inviting, warm, and joyfully indulgent. Selected placements confirm product mock-up and lifestyle application contexts.

Works across digital illustration, traditional media (gouache, watercolour, marker, ink), and fiber/textile methods. Instagram identifies roles as illustrator and animator. Website documents comics (Sushi Feast Comic, Breakfast Hash Comic, Claws & Coffee Comic) and zines (Goodmorning Zine, Bento Box Zine), alongside pattern-format work.

Pattern and illustration work suggests natural fit for kidswear, stationery, gifting, and home décor markets. No commercial clients are documented at time of filing. The portfolio features product mockup contexts. Open to freelance commissions.

De Los Santos completed her BFA at MICA with a focus on illustration, building a practice combining comics, zines, animation, and character design. She has grown an independent practice with an active Instagram presence, with surface pattern design as an emerging strand alongside editorial and character illustration.

Four selected Instagram pattern images suggest repeat-format character and food motifs - consistent with all-over print applications for kidswear, stationery, and lifestyle products. Pattern work is evidenced as a distinct component of the broader illustration practice.