I am just now starting to want to draw, and I have an idea for my fursona, but I can't draw worth anything. Could somebody please help? If you do not, no matter what I decide to do with the picture, you will be given credit for it.

Well, then don't draw.

There are many books and other resources useful for the beginning artist. Fundamental amongst these are ones that show you how to understand the shapes and proportions of the human body, which is essential if you ever want to try variations on it (eg. furry bodies). Jack Hamm's book Drawing the Head & Figure is one such useful resource. Check your local library and book stores for other useful books. Even How to Draw Manga can be useful as long as you don't limit yourself solely to manga.

As this is the internet, there's a lot of reference material you can call up to help you visualize things. Just don't straight out copy something. Draw it for yourself so that you make it your own.

For a good while, your art will look terrible compared to the likes of Moody Ferret or Heather Bruton. This isn't a bad thing, but is part of the learning process. The more you draw, the more you practice, the more and faster you will improve. Feel free to experiment to keep from getting stuck in a rut as well as find solutions to stylistic problems. Accept constructive criticism and shed destructive criticism as water off a duck's back.

Will you ever become a Moody Ferret or Heather Bruton? Maybe, but you have to be like a bodybuilder, training your artistic muscles and honing your artistic strength over time. A persona would be a good thing to use for artistic strength training.

On the other hand, if you want something of good quality now, your best bet would be to commission someone.

From: https://e621.net/forum/show/41415

Mario583 said:
https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=268850

Reference to get better.

31h253 said:
Don't listen to the 'never trace' crowd. Just don't show other people traced work. Do it in private and then throw the traces in the trash. Showing off traced work is almost everything this link says, but tracing in private as practice is not evil.

"Teaches nothing", bah. I wish I'd traced more as a kid. It's a little late to do it once you're not in grade school anymore, but I'm pretty sure that every interaction with art helps people improve as an artist, especially when starting from low levels of skill. Just think about it as you're working on it. Don't just copy a line. Think about why the line was there and how it feels to draw.

Do not show off traced works and do not trace anything you're going to show off. Not even in part.

DamagedEclipse said:
I am just now starting to want to draw, and I have an idea for my fursona, but I can't draw worth anything. Could somebody please help? If you do not, no matter what I decide to do with the picture, you will be given credit for it.

Just start with pieces of a drawing like the head. Also it's normal to hate what you draw, so when you do that, stop and wait maybe a day and come back and see if you can see what's wrong with the picture. As inspiration to continue drawing could be to look at good artist's old work and see how they progressed.