Another in a series of sketches by, this is a character preview of another important character from my series (though initial design sketch was done by). Sketched/illustrated above is the Honorable Lady Snow, Kirin from the Land of the Rising Sun (Japan/Nippon - otherwise known as Neighpon, ponified).The idea behind them was to come up with some sort of Asian pony and I decided to go with the Kirin (half dragon, half pony; considered the 'unicorn' of Asia) for their design, to reflect how they are 'different' than normal ponies (which we can probably relate more to America/the West) while also being more exotic looking like the Chinese-themed deer race in my story.Some notes on some of the actual scenes depicted:- Living in the picturesque land that is her home, she is cutely naive in the ways of the 'modern' world.- Key scene later in the story!- To be explained later in the story, but she has a close friendship with the Sun Princess!EDIT: Updated with Cutie Mark design! Her cutie mark is that of a Japanese Torii gate (chosen in part because of her duties as a Guardian of the Water Dragon Spirit).