There's ripping graphics from ancient games, and combining them with other stuff (mildly bad, I suppose ) then there's nicking stuff wholesale from current commercial titles. Dunno about the 'grey' maybe he got permission from the artist, a lot of the deviant art people are quite happy, so long as you send them the finished design as a keep sake.
Permission... bah!!!!

My project is of course Star Wars based and considering that George Lucas has done nothing but screw up the Star Wars canon and name sake with the release of his crappy prequel movies and the cartoon TV series which just serves to drive the nail even further into the coffin...
I'd say I'm doing him a favor!
