What attracts me to working with 3D are the human reflections which often project from the medium.  Most times a render looks like what it is, a posed doll.  With a background in photography my a-muse-ment is stirred by generating semi-photographic portraits of 3D models; hence the name for this gallery: "Pixels That Look Like Us."  It does not always work.  I throw away a lot, never even bothering to save off a copy of the render.  When it DOES work I am charmed like a little kid at play.  This buzz is what keeps me returning to my virtual photo studio.    What I set out to do in this instance was create an image that would look like a portrait made during the early decades of the twentieth century.  I have always been fascinated by antique studio portraits; they possess a certain magic for me.  A life passed long ago looks out across time at us with a vitality that is sometimes stunning and nearly always intriguing.  This curious vitality is what I was going for.    I tried a few different expressions for this image, they just did not feel right.  There is a starched poise to most antique studio portraits; a directness which is documentary rather than emotive. I hope you enjoy.  It works for me. Terry