Hmmm.... well, the WIP's I have on my site were actually from a monthly challenge here at SM. I myself didn't get permission from artbyfeng.com but Mike might have b/c he was the one who made the challenge and provided the pictures..... I dunno really though.

So... if you do have to get permission from the conceptualist in order to model it in 3D, I guess I have to get rid of the Star Wars droid I just did that's in the Finished Work gallery then right? bleh.... I highly doubt I could contact the original artist to ask him if I could model from his drawings.

I see other models of Star Wars stuff though on the web..... I'm sure they didn't go asking for permission. I've seen some models of Homer Simpson as well on several websites, but I doubt they contacted the guy who makes the series to ask him if they could model Homer.....

meh..... this is depressing.