Tracing over something isn't "using a reference"... It probably makes no difference to the guy.

Also I checked out one of his "speed paint" videos and it was 20 minutes long. The first 15 minutes were absolutely nothing important and the last 5 minutes were him just recoloring the former tracing of the Scootaloo pic. -.-

Seriously some people just.. *punches the wall* Ugh.