"It was a coyote, large for his kind, powerful muscles moving beneath the thick clothes he wore. His long silvery hair was combed backwards, revealing a stern, scared and wrinkled face and a mouth full of sharp teeth.
Her heartbeat quickened. She knew him and instantly something took a hold of her heart and squeezed hard until she felt as if it stopped beating. It was like an invisible hand strangling her while every fiber of her body responded to his presence: Tensing, her eyes narrowing... She knew him! The thought hit her like a fist."

- from Migratory Birds Chapter 18

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The upcoming chapter of my series goes back several years. But one thing that never changed about it, was its main character: Seerye.
This picture of him has got about the same age and I am still very fond of it because it was one of the first ones where I achieve the effect that always intended with my furry art: To part from the cartoon-y style that most other furry artists use and make the characters more individual.
[I don't say that there is anything wrong with a cartoon style, I like that myself, it's just not what I want to achieve with my own art.]