I assumed dejawolf was making a sarcastic remark with regards to the marvel court case against city of heroes? It seems kinda silly to think they would ask one guy on a forum to take down his marvel drawing.
I'm pretty sure that this falls under the category of "fan art" and I'm also pretty sure that Marvel isn't going after those that produce fan art. (AFAIK) It's just using their IP to make game mods that they have issue with. I also doubt that Marvel's attorneys scour internet message boards looking for fans to sue.
i think he was refering to the fact that marvel has contaced most mod sites (including polycount i think) and made it clear that they did not like people doing marvel skins / models for other games, which is fair i guess, it IS their property, but i seriously doubt a fandrawing would bother them, now if you made a free…
Any artist can do a rendering of a copyrighted character with no legal backlash, as long as it is for non-commerical purposes. A guy I knew back in school did a painting of Daredevil and Batman together for his portfolio, with the added benefit that the painting could never be reproduced legally. Models are different…
If they want to sick lawyers on me fine, I will be more than happy to drop the 6 marvel titles I get and I will ask my friends who have not already to dropped, to do so also. Its a sad day when companies decide to cut thier fans off at the knees. Comics are chocked full of fan art. That is all this is, fan art. I am not…