thats called referencing, not tracing.
one example of tracing is the ahegao pack. the ahegao pack is directly traced meanwhile this picture is only used as reference to make it look similar to whatevee he is recreating.

so good sir please commit the delete this

the argument flew over your head didnt it

this is remaking, not directly copying, so this isnt tracing, he’s just using the picture as reference to make the stickfigure look similar to the thing he’s trying to remake.

artists using images are not tracing. they use it as a point of reference so they can know how to make / redraw that character