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I can do that too. It doesn’t mean I directly copied it from the source material. I can draw a crude picture of Mickey Mouse without having a reference in front of me. What’s the difference there?
If you have a crude picture of Mickey Mouse and you make money from it, Disney definitely has a chance at going after you.
That’s due to trademark, not copyright.