>>5138253learn to draw, look at and create form, learn how to measure proportions and use them to your advantage, learn how to use lighting, and has a sense for what a good reference is. then THEN using reference will help you ascend
then using reference will make things all the better
she's using references but a lot of it is still from imagination. reference is a scafolding
its honestly bullshit when people just say "use reference" because its just half true. she still knows how to control all the core fundamentals from imagination