The Naruto creator, Misashi Kishimoto, was interviewed about Sarada, and he answered:
"Rather than cuteness, I wanted to project a slightly dark but strong hearted sense to Sarada. In my head, she is like a girl version of Sasuke. However, as it would be scary to have a Sasuke-like girl, I gave Sarada elements of Sakura as well. Although spectacled people are commonly given the image of 'cute without glasses', in Sarada's case I aimed to make her cute even with her glasses on. Her clothes have a sense of Sakura, don't they?"
It was also revealed that Sarada is the daughter of Sasuke and Sakura. It said, "Sarada, daughter of Sasuke and Sakura. Coolness inherited from her father. She also seems to have inherited his bloodline limit?!"