Using game avatars as YouTube avatars

Necromoron

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Hi!

So I've been wanting to get into youtube for the longest time, mostly as a video game let's play/review channel.

Ive been trying to sort out my branding, my banner, my icon and such. I wanted to use a sonic forces avatar as my avatar for a bit, I'm more confident posing the model than I am making my own or drawing my own, but I'm not sure if using it will get me a copyright strike.

Is it still infringement to use the avatar? I feel like it would, because it's from a copyrighted game, but I wanna make sure.

Thanks in advance!