Sky Cowboys

An alternate Earth where all horses are winged. What are their species? How are they used in society? How was the world changed as a result? Let the worldbuilding begin!

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Sky Cowboys Projects & Community Masterpost

Figured I should have all of the stuff I have going on in one post!

Greenhorn Trail Graphic Novel Kickstarter

A crowdfunding campaign for a print run of my webcomic! There will be three total volumes totaling over 350 pages, plus other cool rewards.

Alt-art Volume 1

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Lore and worldbuilding artbook

The base guide for the lore and worldbuilding of Sky Cowboys. Featuring art of landscapes, creatures, and the human residents of the Wild Winds. You can find it here, hosted by my friends at JobJob. This is the standard edition. It contains all of the same content as the Kickstarter edition in a lovely hardcover.

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Web Comic: Greenhorn Trail

When Molly, a young researcher fresh out of school, receives hard evidence of an elusive creature widely considered a myth, she abandons her books and sets out to search for the cryptid for herself… But she's going to have to cross the Wild Winds to find it. She’ll need to hold her own in a pilot posse and learn the "pilot way" of living as they traverse a thousand miles fraught with dangerous chasms, creatures, and bandits.

Greenhorn Trail is a homage to the American western genre with fantasy elements, and is rated PG-13 for action/adventure and occasional language. There will be 10 chapters and is updated as often as I can. There is no set release schedule because the chapters vary in length.

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Discord Community

A place for everyone to chat worldbuilding, art, OCs, horses, general fantasy/nerd culture, and everything in between whether it be Sky Cowboys related or not. I also post sketches and WIPs that don't always make their way to socials. It's generally a family-friendly server so everyone is welcome!

(It is NOT a place for intense debate, politics, personal issues, AI art, or any current hot-button topic.)

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Art Prints

I host prints via InPrnt - from pegasi to my horse-drawing posters.

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Patreon

Get comic chapters and exclusive art early, along with private Discord channels. Patreon supporters also get first dibs on any promos and are included as "special thanks" in books.

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More of my links

Here's my Linktree where you can find my other socials.

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No AI was used nor will ever be used in the making of any Sky Cowboys materials.

As of July 2025, commissions are currently closed

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Discord | Artbook | Web Comic | Patreon

~ Larn

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I can't work on Greenhorn Trail pages while I'm at the World Percheron Congress, so while I have downtime at the table I'm exploring illustration styles for an eventual children's book I want to do :)

~ Larn

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The World Percheron Congress is my last vendor event of the summer!

~ Larn

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Catching the Intake Winds

Realized I didn't have a proper buckskin tribute. Back to GHT pages tomorrow!!

~ Larn

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It's that time of year again :) Going with a more relaxed prompt list for 2026. Feels more doable than having to hit a drawing every day. Even with the comic in my lap, I hope to do some of these.

~ Larn

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Jufly is starting in just a few days!

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Hi! Between this post (warning: animal abuse) and the fact that birds are not affected by capsaicin... are pegasi affected by it? Maybe they are affected, but less than horses would be?

Hi there!

Good question! SC pegasi have more mammalian/horse internal mouth structure, along with horse brain/behavior, so I would say they're as susceptible to capsaicin as other mammals are.

Man if my husband did that (referencing the linked post) with no remorse/understanding of what happened I would be out the door forever.

~ Larn

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Parade shortwing breed poster. Based on the noble Percheron :)

Made this for the World Percheron Congress coming up in July. I'll be tabling there July 6-11.

Keeping ahead of this stuff so I maximize my time to work on Greenhorn Trail! Chapter 4 is on the way, I promise. There are a lot of pieces in play, but not to worry they're all still spinning.

~ Larn

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Happy to announce I'll be tabling at Dragonsteel Nexus this December!!

Table info to come!

~ Larn

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I'll be at Realm Makers next weekend! If you're in the St. Louis, MO area, swing by and say hi :)

~ Larn

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I'm making my character for your kickstarter tier, and I was wondering, are the pegasus used in aerial acrobatics (circus, other performers, etc) as well as cowboy practice?

Hi there!

Awesome!! I can't wait to see what you've got! Yes, absolutely :) I haven't leaned into that yet in terms of canon lore (on the list for Artbook 2), but yes!

~ Larn

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Happy birthday to Kin!

He's 12 today!

Got him when he was just a year and a half old :) We've been through some ups and downs, but I could never part with him. He's light in his cues and has a solid brain. He's still got plenty to teach me and some skills to learn himself, but there's no big rush. We've got lots of years left for that.

Fun fact: his registered name is Hollywood Starbucks (dad's side is Hollywood Dun It and his mom's side is Smart Starbuck). We call him Pumpkin Spice Latte because of his markings and haha funny coffee joke. And then "Kin" for short.

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Reblog for my boy :)

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It's that time of year again :) Going with a more relaxed prompt list for 2026. Feels more doable than having to hit a drawing every day. Even with the comic in my lap, I hope to do some of these.

~ Larn

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hello! I absolutely adore your pegasi. You’ve inspired me to doodle silly little feathered ponies in the margins of my notebooks, which is definitely good practice for Important Lab Documents

I was wondering if you’d ever thought about a cormorant pegasus? I’m giggling at the idea of a soggy little horf attempting to dry itself off because it is not, in fact, waterproof

Hi there!

Heck yeah keep doodlin'!

I haven't yet, but it's on the list :) That's a great idea XD

~ Larn

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Taking a break from the comic style. not relying on lines is a challenge for me

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YAAAAAAAY! That's a wrap!! Thank you everyone!!! I wouldn't be here without you! I'm so grateful for this community <3

The Kickstarter has a few late backer options, but only for the next couple of weeks :)

~ Larn

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As a horse girl and Pegasus lover, I ADORE your intake on the anatomy of a Pegasus, especially on how one would ride them!

It's also making me think on how Pegasus knights (from any fantasy game as well as Fire Emblem) if their riding style would be similar or different when they use weapons, such as when they're using lances, it'll be similar to like a joust.

Once again, love your art!!!

Hi there!

Aw thanks, glad you made it to my blog :)

Ooh yeah I bet you could switch up the riding position and still be able to joust. The core of the force would shift to the knees rather than the hips, but that'd be doable I bet. Then the saddle designs could be cleaned up a little ^_^;

~ Larn

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Only 18 hours left to back the Greenhorn Trail graphic novel Kickstarter!

Get your hands on the set of books and lots of other fantastic goodies like posters, figurines, bandanas, and hand-crafted leather notebooks :)

All three stretch goals have been met so anyone backing now get all the extras.

~ Larn

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