kjer stands for "Kansas Jeremy." Yahoo screwed up things and added the rest. My good grrrl's name is "Julie Jane Russell Because She Ain't No Jack" but we just call her Julie and a host of nicknames (Mz. Demeanor, Land Shark, God Damn it!, etc.) BIO Born in North Dakota, learned to talk in Texas, early elementary years in southern Michigan near Lake Huron, brief time in Miami Beach (during WWII), back to Michigan. Parents divorced and we moved back to northcentral Kansas, which became my adopted home (although folks were 4th or 5th generation Kansans). At 18, joined USAF and served a year in Korea (after the cease-fire) and two in southern Japan; however, the only foreign country I served in was pre-Civil Rights movement Gulf Coast Mississippi! :) My Air Force job was control tower operator, then later worked in headquarters administration. Returned to Kansas, got married to wife number 1 and got a college degree (or two plus) and taught public school (8th Grade English) for 4 years. Adopted two mixed-race children (girl and boy). Spent a year ill and unemployed then began working for 25 years with mentally and multiply challenged folks in State institutions. Divorced after 25 years (amicably), endured 4 years of bachelorhood, then married wife Number 2. (Both fine women, by the way.) Retired for five years then got a part-time college instructor position, teaching Freshmen how to write at the college level for another five years, then retired a second time. Still with wife No. 2.
My first identity was as an artist. Later, also became a writer. Wrote about about nine multi-volumed science-fantasy novel manuscripts. Was given very encouraging rejections by editiors, but just never seemed to be what met their publishing needs. Gave up art (pastel pencils and fine-line ink drawings, mostly) for about 10 years due to operations on wrists that messed up coordination in fingers and created involuntary releases of my grasp. (It's very discouraging to spent 40 hours on a fine-line ink drawing only to drop the pen on it in the last hour or two.) Finally decided that avenue of expression was no longer viable for me and concentrated by creative efforts into writing. Then, about four years ago, I discovered the worlds of Bryce, Poser, and Vue and have been able to go back to my first love; art.
My association with Renderosity has been wonderful. In my gallery I get to combine both my creative loves: writing and art. I appreciate very much the responses and comments of viewers and thank those special few who keep comming back to my gallery. Interests in no particular order: 3D Graphic arts, writing (poetry and novels), photography, science-fiction and fantasy, science in general, astronomy (especially Mars and extra solar planets), ecology.
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Comments (21)
mdilorenzo
Cool rendering, my friend!
Eldeago
most excellent
shadownet
Well guess this was another of those flyovers where the folks got missed causes even with the tip off they were there I never could find them. Something to be said for flares and signal fires I suppose. Or maybe a bare blonde? Bet the pilot would have spotted that.
mininessie
nice work!
neiwil
No point me joining Air,Sea Rescue...unless they are inside the Grizzly bear at bottom left. I was thrown a bit by the 6 hunters camping on the ridge....... Great render Jeremy, a realy nice terrain and a wonderful aircraft.
NefariousDrO
The snowy ridge-line looks great. I can understand now what you mean about hard to see form the air. I think I spotted them though, but man what a long search it was!
Ravyns
Good One Jeremy! They sure are hard to find. I've looked & looked & still can't see them..
emmecielle
Great work! :)
Osper
Well done! Point well proved.
kftate
Fantastic image! Great plane model and wonderful POV. Excellent work!
mermaid
oh my you are so right, Jeremy, finding someone on the ground while flying isn't easy... I guess I found them they are just right from the propeller and under the left wing...smile.. and I do hope the pilot find them too...
grafikeer
Even with the hint from mermaid I still can't see them...very well done Jeremy,this is just how it would be in real life...nicely done!
Half-Baked
Excellent scene!
debbielove
Nice!!! One of the great STOL planes.. Everybody has used them from the RAF to the USAF to untold small and larger air arms and private owners... Still in use now.. Occasionally flies into Flying Legends as a visitor.. Nice work my friend... Rob.
geirla
Cool. I think they're to the right of the prop, I see something dark and something lighter and something blue or blurred (right to left, as I saw them). Or it could just be funny looking trees. I'm going to get a nice bright orange jacket for next time I go into the wilderness...
Spacer_01
Nice work Jeremy! Aside from the "Wheres Waldo?" for trying to find 3 minuscule people far below on the ground, you do manage to make a valid well made point about just how tiny people on the ground would look. Not to mention while flying at aircraft speeds.
FrenchKiss
Looks great! I never did find your people and hope they got out OK!
gojira
Awesome backdrop for the plane . . . !
ontar1
Love the landscape and the plane, but could not find the people, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steeleyes101
Nice!!!!!!!
Django
Could have used some blur, either on the background or on the plane, to get some speed