My style doesn't really exist..... it seems I draw different every time I pick up a pencil..... Or is that just my insecurity telling me I can't draw without coping others?
It's good to experiment and explore ^^ style is just the way you prefer to draw/present your art. Design and lack of understanding is also I noticed confused with style.
I personally rarely use reference. I instead do studies and memorise what is right/wrong. You don't need to use references while making art from your imagination but it's important to study if you want to draw something functionally/realistic. Don't let anyone tell you draw a certain way, though, do what is comfortable/fun for you.
References is just a quick/lazy way to understand something you don't do often (like when commissioning for something you don't deal with often) and it is more important to use references when making project-oriented stuff that focuses on details that you can't just easily come up with.
So don't worry about copying others, instead try practicing the art fundamentals and you'll naturally improve/find your own style(s) :3
Oh I'm sorry about all that
It's okay, furries for a long time have helped me a lot they're very supporting of LGBTQIA+. My fursona is specifically feral and semianthro because of my evasion to gender stereotypes. Like say if I base a anthro-sona on how my current physique is irl even furries nowadays presume my gender wrongly and adding stuff I don't look like feels untruthful. With feral fursona no one thinks you look like a quadruped irl so it makes people question my gender more at the social level than visual anatomy or clothing. I used to have a anthro fursona before furry went mainstream.