Made by
- Art
- Michele "Mike" Martinelli
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- light blue
- red
- yellow
- purple
Fingerprint: hot race title in heavy red letters with thick yellow outline and white border positioned low on right side; giant red racing car drawn at steep diagonal with four tyres absurdly oversized with blue shoulders filling centre of panel; curved concentric red, pink, purple and white road bands sweeping across pale blue background from upper left; four numbered red player indicator squares at lower left
The overwhelming feature is a giant red racing car drawn at a steep diagonal, its four tyres drawn absurdly oversized with blue shoulders, filling the centre of the panel. Overlapping it, the title 'HOT RACE' in heavy red letters with a thick yellow outline and white border sits low on the right. A row of four red numbered squares (1, 2, 3, 4) beside the word 'PLAYER' is a distinctive scoring-legend block at the lower left, and the curved concentric red/pink/purple road bands sweep across the pale blue background from the upper left. Shouting spectator faces with a raised pointing hand crowd the lower left corner.
Setting
- Pale sky blue open field
- Curving multi-coloured race track bands sweeping in from upper left
- No buildings, no horizon, pure flat comic backdrop
Symbols
- Four numbered yellow circles (1, 2, 3, 4) marking player positions
- Four red numbered squares (1, 2, 3, 4) beside the word player
- Small oval emblem at top centre
- Curved concentric track bands in red, pink, purple and white
- Scoring numerals with comma grouping on white reel windows
Lettering
- Bold hand-lettered comic capitals; title in heavy red capitals with a thick yellow outline and white outer edge, slightly arched; supporting captions in plain black capitals, the 'a game of skill !' line slanted to follow the track curve
Themes
- Motor racing
- Open-wheel single seater
- Competition
- Score reels
Title on it
- Hot race
Text on it
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- T 99,800
- T 77,300
- can play at the same time
- A GAME OF SKILL !
- HOT RACE
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
- PLAYER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Vehicle | Huge red single-seat racing car tilted steeply diagonally across the centre, four tyres drawn hugely oversized with blue shoulders and black treads, small white number roundel on the nose, driven by a helmeted driver in a red helmet with goggles |
| Vehicle | Smaller orange open-wheel racing car at the upper right of the artwork, beside the small red-and-yellow logo, drawn in profile facing left |
| Vehicle | Two tiny red and orange racing cars side by side in the upper left below the 'a game of skill !' caption |
| Woman | Lower left corner, blonde-haired young woman with wide open mouth as if shouting, red lipstick, bare shoulders, facing forward and slightly right |
| Man | Immediately above her at the left edge, partial male face with yellow-blond hair and a grin, looking right towards the cars |
| Other | Large disembodied hand at lower left with index finger extended, pointing upward/right towards the scoring squares and the car |
| Man | Lower right edge, blond man with a broad smile, head and shoulders, facing left towards the title and car |
| Other | Second partial face at the far right edge below the first man, only the upper head and hairline visible |
A printed backglass-style racing graphic in flat comic-book colour. Four mechanical score reels sit in black-framed windows: two across the upper half (under a yellow circle marked 1 at left and 2 at right) and two across the middle, with a second pair of yellow circles marked 3 and 4 flanking the artwork below. The background is a light sky blue with a curving road of concentric red, pink, purple and white bands sweeping in from the upper left. Lettering: a small oval emblem at top centre, black text 'can play at the same time' beside a small orange open-wheel racing car carrying a red-and-yellow logo, a slanted black caption 'A GAME OF SKILL !' above two tiny racing cars, and the main title 'HOT RACE' in large red letters with a thick yellow outline and white edge, set low and right of centre. Below it, small black text reads 'IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE'. The main illustration shows a huge red single-seat racing car tilted diagonally with oversized blue-shouldered tyres, driven by a helmeted driver, alongside a smaller orange car. Comic-book figures line the lower edges: on the left a blonde woman with an open-mouthed shouting expression, a man's face above her and a raised pointing hand; on the right a smiling blond man and another partial face. Red squares numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 with the word 'PLAYER' sit at lower left.