@davidhohn Thanks for your insights David. I was listening to the “Should You Do Fanart?” Podcast this morning and Lee mentioned how you are quite well versed in copyright information. Your expertise is much appreciative.
Lion: that is exactly what I was doing...looking at all of the images to create my own version and understand the layout of the fur and facial structure.
Lamb: totally used it for composing how the arms would hang on the lion’s arm. Not many other photos out there to show that.
I generally use all my own photos...as my main work revolves around animal portraiture. However I’m building up my illustration portfolio and going forward, this incident will help me keep things in check! Thanks again!