Board Thread:Wiki Improvement/@comment-27765057-20150409062833/@comment-27765057-20150409182423

Frost the Wolf wrote: I always thought the reason we required a templete saying that "This is a Recolor" was due to copyright issues and trying to help prevent plagarism (so to speak).

Personally, I prefer original drawings. However, I'll use a standstill image of an existing sonic character as a templet for me to work with while drawing a new character. For example, Static the Cat was drawn while looking at a three-dimensional model of Blaze the Cat. This just helps me to get proportions done right (as I'm a bit of an obsessive perfectionist).

However, there shouldn't be any reason to ban recolors or discriminate against people who use them. I'm for keeping the templet, NOT because I want to say "hey, look, somebody who's using a recolor", BUT to help avoid feelings of plagarism and copyright. If this was a copyright issue, a mere template wouldn't deter Sega from pursueing action.