Talk:Guidelines/@comment-26179972-20150524235959/@comment-25156300-20150525002945

Many people use existing images as a base for their characters. As long as it's not just a recolor or minor edit of the image (Not only is that stealing, but it's lazy and unoriginal). Basically use the image as a guide to get the Naruto style, while making it different enough from the original image to be your own unique design.

And yes, definitely cite the images you use.