Using An Artists Art For Ref

I wanted to say a little something about an item i see go around a lot.

It often happens that when an artist gets their art traced, a lot of times people try to throw it off by saying 'you cant claim a pose'.
This is a very bad and poor excuse to try and get away with tracing other people their art.

While its not bad at all to use refs ( pose packs, 3D models, stock photos or such ), and id like to encourage using refs, you have to make sure first that its okay to use this specific art subject as a reference for your own work.

Just because you only used the 'pose' in the artists work, does not make it okay you did so. You need to ask these things first because lots of artists rather not have their work used as references when its not meant for that.

Dont try to throw off traced work with an excuse 'you cant claim a pose'. If you want to use someones art for a ref, you ask it first.  Its simply showing respect for another artists work.
Same goes for making pixel bases.