"Yuki Onna" by Albert M. Sorrentino Jr.

It's not really how I pictured Yuki-Onna but I really liked it. I think it's a neat vision of her.
Keep up the nice work.

That is a marvelous drawing. It's full of emotion and it feels like it is captured mid-moment. There is a sadness to it, as well, which gives it some grace. I hope you do that comic - if it's as beautiful as this, it will be a masterpiece.

wow really powerful. It has alot of emotion, I like it. Very good

It is a beautifully drawn picture... poor girl. Most Yuki are beautiful, but she has become a monster. How will she ever find the love she needs to become human again?

Yuki-Onna is supposed to be beautiful not scary. Well I guess scary and beautiful.

This truly looks like something that would walk out of a myth. Good job, i love it! Hey, come check out my gallery if you want!

Hi. Came across your picture during a Google session on researching the Yuki Onna, and thought I'd say a few words.

It is a beautiful picture, but it is also important to know that the story told by Lafcadio Hearn in his book Kwaidan is considered a flawed version of the Yuki Onna tale.

The fact is, there are dozens of snow spirits in Japan, and there are three that are focused on the most:
Yuki Onna - traditionally depicted in Japan as benign, benevolent and protective of the weak. It has only been since Hearn's story that people see her as a threat.
Tsurara Onna - the icicle woman is also benign, known for playing tricks on unwary people (the most common story about her is seeking refuge in a person's house, then melting away come morning time).
Yuki Joro - Note the name, as it is important. The Snow Harlot (translation of Yuki Joro) has always been considered a threat and dangerous to people, men specifically. Considered to be a yoma (evil spirit), she is likely the one behind the Hearn Yuki Onna story (one 16th century kabuki play shows her as pretending to be Yuki Onna in order to ruin Yuki's good name).

Lastly, Hearn's stories come mostly from central Honshu, considered the traditional stomping grounds for Yuki Joro, as opposed to Yuki Onna's traditional home in Hokkaido.

Why am I telling you all of this? Because I'm writing a novel on the Yuki Onna legend and I thought I'd share a bit of my research with you in hopes that it will help your comic plans.

Aside from that, it is a great picture and to me, reminds me more of a yamanba (mountain hag) in winter than Yuki, but hey, that's just me.

Unbound by limitations of flesh and blood, a snow spirit can assume any form it wishes. Question is why would it choose to appear both hideous and pathetic? I suggest such appearance is a ruse calculated to entrap the curious and the compassionate.

T.T...the one you drew is..."special"? its different, very different from legends... not saying i know how its supposed to look but i guess i was expecting really pretty, elegant, snow white, and long jet black hair? that looks more like a demon from the show supernatural

actually i think wut is drawn is a yama oba