Colored pencils don’t move themselves around the paper, and they’re not full of uncompensated training based on untold numbers of other artists’ work. They require full agency and imposition of your will. That’s why you get credit.
A photocopier is also a tool, but you won’t get credit for Xeroxing the Mona Lisa.
A photocopier is also a tool, but you won’t get credit for Xeroxing the Mona Lisa.