Suppose I am designing a set of plates for the next D&D books (which I am not, unfortunately) and suppose I need to draw a monk with a slightly sneaky face. I have tried several concepts out of my imagination and they all leave me frustrated.

While sipping a cup of coffee and feeling uninspired I decide to watch funny videos from [insert random goofy videos site here] and there he is! One of the actors looks exactly like I would like my sneaky monk to look like, down to the cheesy moustache and the mousy eyes.

I decide to "draw inspiration" from his face and design my character. He ends up looking amazing, with only one problem: I did such a great job that the character looks exactly like the actor. The actor is not famous, so it is not that everybody will say "oh wow, he just drew Al Pacino" but still, if somebody would know this actor, they would recognize the resemblance.

Is it OK (and my OK I mean is it moral and/or legal) to use this design without the actor's permission?

Suppose I am designing a set of plates for the next D&D books (which I am not, unfortunately) and suppose I need to draw a monk with a slightly sneaky face. I have tried several concepts out of my imagination and they all leave me frustrated.

While sipping a cup of coffee and feeling uninspired I decide to watch funny videos from [insert random goofy videos site here] and there he is! One of the actors looks exactly like I would like my sneaky monk to look like, down to the cheesy moustache and the mousy eyes.

I decide to "draw inspiration" from his face and design my character. He ends up looking amazing, with only one problem: I did such a great job that the character looks exactly like the actor. The actor is not famous, so it is not that everybody will say "oh wow, he just drew Al Pacino" but still, if somebody would know this actor, they would recognize the resemblance.

Is it OK (and by OK I mean is it moral and/or legal) to use this design without the actor's permission?