Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- red
- cream
Fingerprint: FLYING SAUCERS in cream letters with yellow outline on dark-blue arc banner, enormous red flying saucer with glass dome and yellow porthole lights, curving column of smaller red-green saucers climbing left side, large red semi-circle with yellow segmented dome, wood-framed translight
The most memorable element is the huge red flying saucer with a glass dome and a ring of yellow porthole lights, tilted over a cream airbrushed glow. Second is the sweeping column of small red-and-green saucers climbing the left side in a curve, like a flight path. Third is the title FLYING SAUCERS in fat cream lettering with yellow outline on a dark-blue arc banner, with the smaller slanted word Gencos tucked at the left end of the arc. Fourth, the whole piece is framed in thick varnished pine with visible chipped and worn paint along the top edge.
Setting
- Flat airbrushed colour fields
- Cream-pink radial glow
- Yellow sweep across lower left
- Dark blue border field
Symbols
- Flying saucers
- Stars
- Speed lines
- Domed glass canopies
- Yellow porthole lights
- Mechanical cut-out slot
Lettering
- Large cream block sans-serif capitals with yellow outline and dark drop shadow on a curved dark-blue arc banner; smaller slanted cream script-like word at the left of the arc
Themes
- Flying saucers
- Ufo
- Outer space
- Abduction
- Retro airbrush artwork
Title on it
- Flying saucers
Text on it
- Gencos
- FLYING SAUCERS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Several tiny simplified human figures in green and red glimpsed inside the big central saucer's glass canopy and inside the yellow dome at bottom |
| Alien | Small occupants seated under the domed glass of the central saucer, painted in green with red clothing, too small for facial detail |
A backglass translight in a thick varnished wooden frame, photographed slightly angled with a green-painted cabinet rail visible along the bottom edge. The artwork is a flat, poster-like airbrush in a primary-colour scheme: a deep royal-blue rectangular border field around the edges, a large cream-to-pink airbrushed oval glow in the centre, and a broad yellow field sweeping up the left and middle. Across the top a dark-blue arcing banner carries the title in big cream letters with yellow outline and dark shadow: FLYING SAUCERS, preceded by a smaller slanted word Gencos in cream. Below the banner, a large red flying saucer with a domed glass canopy and a ring of round yellow porthole lights hovers centre-right, tilted, with tiny green-and-red figures visible inside under the glass; green, yellow and red speed-flash streaks radiate behind it. A curving column of about eight smaller red-rimmed, green-topped saucers climbs up the left side. Lower right is a large red semi-circle containing a yellow segmented dome with more tiny figures and a red rod. A rectangular cut-out slot sits mid-right, showing dark mechanism behind. Scuffed paint, scratches and a chipped area top-left.