Is it illegal to make designs with celeb photos?

kathleen

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There are MANY design sites out there using celebrity photos on their designs, but they add brushes, textures, etc. to make it their own (meaning creative and stuff like that). I actually want to start a design site and I want to make banners and signs with celeb images, but I'm not sure if that's illegal. I am just a 12 year old [=
Some sites I'm talking about are:
http://dreams.magic-carnival.net/
http://killed.starszz.com/
Those sites are actually my inspiration ^-^
If it is illegal, how can I make it legal? Can I put a
'Photos from: *fansite with image gallery*' to make it legal?
Here is an example of what I mean by 'making it theirs'. Here is one I made, but with a neopet.
http://i43.tinypic.com/14ctq49.jpg
 
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