Should I Ask My Celeb Friend, Who I Was Once A Fan Of, Before I Use Him For My Uni Project?

MsElizabeth96
There's a guy I know online, and I have a weird relationship with him, where I used to be his 'fan', but then we kinda became friends. And now I don't know how to act with him, particularly in this current situation

I'm An art student, currently doing a project all about drawing people, I want to use this guy's photos as one of my references, and I'm not sure if I should ask him first. If he was just a friend I knew personally I'd feel weird not asking him first, but if I was just a fan and he was just some celeb, it would feel weird and unecessary to ask permission

I'll Give a brief summary of our relationship to help out things into context. I've Been following him since 2020, and he followed me back and began talking to me as a friend 5 months ago. We had plans to meet up, him visiting me and then me him, but got cancelled. (He said he still wants last time I asked to but nothing solid anymore) He hasn't talked to me as much since he got in a relationship in January, but still does a little and still follows me.

So yeah, after all that I don't know how familiar I should be acting with him?

Basically, should I ask first, or just go ahead and draw him like I would any other celeb?
Ask him first
Don't bother asking
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Should I Ask My Celeb Friend, Who I Was Once A Fan Of, Before I Use Him For My Uni Project?
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