Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-7270135-20131107025438/@comment-2212553-20131110000755

IvyTheHedgehog wrote: This will not go against our recolour rule, but you should state that you used the picture as a reference.

Things that do go against the recolour rule are traced pictures of official art/fanart, and using a traced base (base made by tracing official art/fanart)

By the way, it's recolor, not recolour.