For those who didn't know, I usually go by "Lintu" or "Lin" as it's the name of my fursona for nearly eternity.
I'm sorry about the poor quality, the reason is: I'm fucking stupid))0 Decided to look for the full sized picture (1-6 were drawn in 2014, I only added 7-9 recently) in my old galleries only when I already finished the new pics. Stupiddd. But OK. It's OK.

1. Internet access! I didn't know what "furry" was, but I felt pretty werewolfish for my whole life, so! First of all, I found a forum for werewolf enthusiasts like me. It was April of 2007. My first OC design was based on a default avatar I had on that forum :D
2. There was an art contest on that forum, something about drawing your inner wolf. Well, I was 14.
3. This one kinda lasted, some people still remember this design.
4. Only was drawn once. Red fur strokes were killing me, so I decided to simplify things.
5. Oh, this one. Lasted the longest. Was my sona when I was most popular in my life :D And it was the last design that had a proper reference sheet (2009). But everything ends.
6. So, my mental stability ended. First big depression strikes, everything is pretty bad, my bipolar disorder is already here, but I'm denying being depressed. I gave up drawing for a few years. I gave up lots of things, actually. In spring of 2012 my first manic phase happened, but I thought I was just beccoming a proper person again, a proper person with properly nice mood. Nope, nope. I wasn't. But this design was good.
7. The worst times I've ever had. Depression spirals out of control, my best friend and soulmate dies and leaves me this ring, I start to take medication and slowly get my shit together.
8. Getting the shit together was going good. But this design is too complicated. But pretty. So pretty.
9. Shit refused to get together and I was on the fucking edge again. But I kinda survived it and I'm alive now. This design is perfect for me now, hope it lasts. Fuck those existential crises.