Also known as MJ
1992 · Data East
Michael Jordan
Dark navy blue with horizontal speed-line streaks, white star-like light flares scattered behind the figures and solid black outer border framing the artwork.
- Year
- 1992
- Maker
- Data East
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Made by
- Design
- Joe Kaminkow
- Design
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Art
- Markus Rothkranz
- Art & Display animation
- Kurt Andersen
- Software
- Kristina Donofrio
- Software
- John Carpenter
- Sound & Music
- Brian Schmidt
- Display animation
- Jack Liddon
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- navy blue
- white
- orange
Fingerprint: Enormous grinning portrait of bald Black basketball player's head filling whole right half, smiling directly at viewer. Giant red number 23 outlined in white and navy rising diagonally behind. Three additional player figures stacked down left side, full-body white-jersey figure dribbling orange basketball. "MICHAEL JORDAN" heavy red block letters across upper left. Starry navy speed-line background. Airbrushed glossy 1990s sports-poster painting.
The single most memorable element is an enormous grinning portrait of a bald Black basketball player's head, occupying the whole right half of the glass, smiling directly out at the viewer. Behind it a giant tilted red number 23 outlined in white and navy rises diagonally. Second most striking is the collage of three additional player figures stacked down the left side, including a full-body white-jersey figure dribbling a ball. Third, the title MICHAEL JORDAN sits in heavy red block letters across the upper left over a starry navy speed-line background.
Setting
- Dark navy blue with horizontal speed-line streaks
- White star-like light flares scattered behind the figures
- Solid black outer border framing the artwork
Symbols
- Giant red number 23 outlined in white and navy
- Orange basketball
- Star-like white light flares
- Horizontal speed-line streaks
Lettering
- Two-line title in bold condensed red sans-serif capitals with white outline and thin dark shadow, letters slightly slanted; no banner or plaque behind the text.
Themes
- Basketball
- Sports
- Player portrait collage
- Number 23
- Chicago bulls
- Hardwood court action
Title on it
- Michael jordan
Text on it
- MICHAEL
- JORDAN
- BULLS
- 23
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Huge close-up head and shoulders filling the right half; black man, shaved/bald head, wide toothy grin, eyes looking left-forward, wearing a red jersey with white and navy striped round neckline; shoulders cropped by the right and bottom edges. |
| Man | Full-body figure standing left of centre; black man in a white sleeveless basketball jersey with red bulls lettering and red 23 below, white shorts, right hand resting on a bright orange basketball at hip height, left arm bent and raised, head near the title lettering, mouth open. |
| Man | Smaller crouching figure centre-bottom in a red sleeveless jersey, leaning forward low with arms down, head bowed, dark skin, partly overlapping a large red shape. |
| Man | Small figure near bottom centre seen from behind in a white jersey reading bulls 23, shoulders and back of head visible, facing away towards the left. |
A painted basketball backglass dominated by a huge close-up portrait of a smiling Black man with a shaved head and broad toothy grin, filling the entire right half in a red jersey with white and navy trim at the neckline. Behind and left of the head is a large red-outlined number 23 tilted diagonally, partly hidden by the face. The upper left carries a two-line title in big red block capitals with white outlines on a dark navy background. Left of centre stands a full-body player in a white sleeveless jersey reading BULLS with 23 below it, dribbling an orange basketball at his right side, one arm raised. Below him a second, smaller player in a red jersey crouches low over a red shape, and near bottom centre a third small figure in a white BULLS 23 jersey is seen from behind. The background is dark navy with horizontal speed-line streaks and scattered white star-like flares, all inside a black outer border. Art style is airbrushed, glossy 1990s sports-poster painting with strong red, white and navy palette.