1991 · Inder
Atleta
Outdoor athletics stadium with grey tiered seating and a crowd, purple and magenta evening sky with teal-green cloud streaks, indoor gymnasium or locker room with a large wall mirror, green painted wall and an orange running track visible through an opening and dark floor scattered with sports equipment.
- Year
- 1991
- Maker
- Inder
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- purple
- black
Fingerprint: Athlete title in blue bevelled slab lettering upper-left, muscular leaping figure in yellow-green singlet with extended arm reaching upward, dark-skinned man holding bright yellow ball at left, diving pale figure in mid-air, crowded grey stadium seating mid-field, distinctive split-panel composition with gym interior below featuring mirror, orange running track, scattered sports equipment, purple-magenta-teal sky above
The most striking element is a grinning, dark-haired athlete in a yellow-and-green singlet leaping straight at the viewer with one arm raised, dominating the centre of the art. Second is the enormous glossy blue bevelled 'Athlete' title crowding the top-left corner, with a blue ball and a pale diving figure tucked underneath it. Third, the dark-skinned man on the left holding a bright yellow ball against the grey stadium seating. Fourth, the abruptly different lower third: a dark gym interior with a big blank mirror and an orange track, giving the piece a split-scene look.
Setting
- Outdoor athletics stadium with grey tiered seating and a crowd
- Purple and magenta evening sky with teal-green cloud streaks
- Indoor gymnasium or locker room with a large wall mirror, green painted wall and an orange running track visible through an opening
- Dark floor scattered with sports equipment
Symbols
- Yellow ball held by the left figure
- Blue ball beneath the title
- White running-track lanes
- Red-orange oval running track
- Stylised white streak/arrow shapes across the sky
- Red, green and blue ball-in-play indicator lamps
- Seven-segment score digits
- Green painted wall panels
- Grey stadium crowd texture
Lettering
- Very large rounded slab lettering in glossy gradient blue with white top-edge highlight and dark drop outline, slightly arched across the top-left corner
Themes
- Athletics
- Track and field
- Stadium
- Sports
- Decathlon
- Games
Title on it
- Athlete
Text on it
- Athlete
- 0901490
- 01
- 02
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central hero: muscular young adult man with dark swept-back hair, tan skin, mouth open in a loud cheer, leaping toward the viewer. wears a bright yellow singlet with green and white chest trim, yellow shorts with green side panel, and blue-and-white spiked shoes. right arm raised above his head, left arm flung back, knees bent. |
| Man | Second athlete directly behind the hero at right, mostly obscured, wearing a yellow top with a red/orange sash or strap; only head, shoulder and one arm visible. |
| Man | Left side: dark-skinned, bare-chested or in a dark singlet, standing upright and facing forward, holding a bright yellow ball at waist height. |
| Other | Pale-skinned figure diving horizontally through the air above and left of centre, arms outstretched, wearing light-coloured shorts; body angled head-down to the left. |
| Other | Small distant figure at lower right on a white oval, wearing a yellow top, appearing to be a cut-out player or sticker on the green wall area. |
A sports-themed backglass split into two horizontal zones. The upper two-thirds is a painted stadium scene under a purple, magenta and teal sky. Huge bevelled blue title lettering sits top-left, reading 'Athlete', each letter a rounded slab of glossy blue with a white highlight and dark outline. In the centre a muscular dark-haired man in a yellow singlet with green-and-white trim and yellow shorts is caught mid-leap, one arm flung up, mouth open in a shout; a second athlete in a yellow top is partly hidden behind his right shoulder. At the left a dark-skinned man stands holding a bright yellow ball, and a pale figure dives horizontally through the air above him. Grey stadium seating packed with a mottled crowd runs across the middle distance. The lower third is a dark locker-room or gymnasium interior: a large pale grey mirror panel on the left, a green wall, an orange running track receding through a window, and scattered blue, white and red sports gear (a ball, a shoe, a cone) on the floor. Below that, a black score panel with red seven-segment digits, two small player windows, and coloured ball-in-play lamps.