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Badges? We don't need no sticking badges.
Rules? What Rules? Other than rules on technique that have to do with proper application of paint (fat over lean) I do not know of any rules that you can't break anytime you want. You can even break those rules if longevity of your work does not matter. Maxfield Parrish did. Now as for guides that help produce better work, well, if you call them rules I do try and follow certain guidelines of composition, values and color harmony.
As for cheating, I suppose you mean things like tracing or using photos at all or even projectors and such things. Unless you can show me a law that says that I am going to jail I have nothing to confess since I see no sin in doing whatever is necessary to complete a job accurately and on time. I have never denied using any tool when asked.
But as for learning, that is a different thing. Just like a child using a calculator when he is supposed to be learning his multiplication tables if you use the aids I mentioned too often or too early in your development as an artist you are only cheating yourself.
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