Board Thread:Wiki Improvement/@comment-7637833-20160824020800/@comment-7637833-20160920194119

Frost the Wolf wrote: Good point. Question: What about using an original picture as a base for your character? For example, this uses an official picture of Blaze as a base, but it's an original idea nonetheless. I would imagine this would follow the same guidelines as being a transformative work?

Hmm... well, the thing is, the original thing - that is, that pose of Blaze - is still very recognizable when placed side by side. Plus it still looks quite a bit like Blaze, so it'd still count as a recolor/trace. Crymson doesn't even have an outfit like Blaze's, to be frank.