I grew up with the standard furry media of my time; yknow, Starfox, Robinhood, Bloody Roar, etc, so that probably got me started on the furry path. And I've always loved to draw since I was real little (used to draw Pokémon and DBZ lol)
Hmmm...in terms of gearing towards furry art primarily, largely it's just because I'm never happy with how my humans look, but I'm almost always happy with how my furries look.