James, great portrait! I finally got up the nerve to do one, too. It's under the thread called "Hi, from Melanie." This is great fun. Your work is just astounding. You have done some of the most realistic images I've seen yet. I've started a directory on my hard drive that I call Portraits, sort of an album or "yearbook" of Renderosity member self-portraits. I hope to see more members try this. It puts a face to the name. Melanie