dA description:  
“A commission for Griffin, Here we have the Princess of crystals, Princess Cadence. I have seen lots of pics of this character and I did believe I would draw her somewhere down the line. Included in the pic I added the Captain of the Royal Guard, Shining Armor (I had seen a lot of pics of the two together). I had to make her look slightly younger than the other Princess, as for shining armor, I saw a lot of pics of him in purple pony armor so I went for the Knight look (in purple). I also noticed his symbol looks like Twilight Sparkle (related?).
 
the pic came out good on the 1st try but the colors I had to redo (esp. in the hair). the crystal thrown came out better than I thought. Had to use Photoshop to get the shine in the crystal right.
 
Hope everyone likes my rendition of the two.
 
Wadayathink?”