It's not dishonorable or unethical. It's no different than Monet and his buddies sitting around in the real Cafe Guerbois talking with Renoir about his latest painting. Don't worry about it.
If your brother-in-law had a good eye and suggested something about a painting that you later implemented, would that mean you could never enter it into a competition? No. If a movie director got some good suggestions from his wife does that means he has to give back his Oscar? Not at all.
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