I was drawing furry characters before FA even existed. lmao. Like when I was in middle school (??) I was drawing a comic about anthro cats. When I was in high school I was drawing anthro foxes and things because I liked the Redwall books. I didn't know furries were a thing until undergrad or later.

In undergrad I was into the Warrior Cats fandom, and then I got into MLP, which was what ultimately led me to the furry fandom.