Made by
- Art
- Michele "Mike" Martinelli
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- orange
- yellow
- red
Fingerprint: SATELLITE: Giant cropped woman's head with yellow skin, pink hair, thick black eyebrows, red lipstick at bottom-left corner, huge forward-slanted yellow SATELLITE lettering, concentric blue-black orbit arcs, enormous orange cratered planet.
The single most memorable element is a giant cropped woman's face in the bottom-left corner - yellow skin, hot pink hair, thick black eyebrows and red lipstick - staring out from outside the scene. Second is the enormous forward-slanted SATELLITE logo in yellow with red inline and black shadow, against sky crossed by concentric blue-and-black orbit arcs. Third, four colour-framed red LED score panels numbered 1 to 4 with two round TILT windows and a BALL IN PLAY triangle between them. Fourth, a huge orange cratered planet filling the lower right corner. Fifth, the surfing-rocket motif: small figures in coloured spacewear riding rocket-shaped boards all over the sky.
Setting
- Pale blue sky with concentric blue and black orbit arcs radiating from the upper left
- Large orange cratered planet filling the lower right corner
- Open space
Symbols
- Four numbered player score windows
- Two round tilt indicator windows
- Ball in play triangle
- White rocket with needle nose and fins
- Cratered planet
- Rocket-shaped surfboards
- Concentric orbit arcs
- Satellite dish with antenna at right
Lettering
- Large italic forward-slanted yellow block capitals with red inline stripe and heavy black drop shadow; smaller yellow block capitals on pink for the instruction text
Themes
- Space
- Atomic age
- Retro-futurism
- Surfing
- Planet
- Rocket
Title on it
- Satellite
Text on it
- SATELLITE
- BALL IN PLAY
- TILT
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Oversized cropped female face bottom left, bright yellow skin, pink-red swept hair, heavy black eyebrows, wide white eyes, red lips; only head visible |
| Woman | Left edge, blonde bobbed hair, green short-sleeved top, pink trousers, standing upright on a red-and-yellow rocket-shaped board |
| Man | Below her, crouching forward on a yellow board, yellow shirt, pink cap, one arm reaching out |
| Woman | Top right, long dark hair, magenta/pink top, orange trousers, green boots, leaning forward with one arm out on a yellow rocket-board |
| Man | Small figure above centre on a rocket-shaped board, dark clothing, arms outstretched |
| Woman | Small figure lower centre on a yellow board above the rocket, red top |
| Woman | Tiny figure at the bottom edge on a rocket-board, pink top, arms raised |
A wedge-shaped painted backglass in a bright 1960s comic/space-surreal style. Four red seven-segment score windows sit across the upper half, each in a white rectangle framed by a green, yellow, orange and pink striped lozenge, numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 in white circles with orange outlines; between them are two small round red TILT windows and a pink inverted triangle reading BALL IN PLAY in yellow block letters. Behind the panels the background is pale sky blue with concentric blue and black arcs sweeping in from the upper left like orbit rings. Across the centre, SATELLITE appears in huge italic yellow block capitals with a heavy red inline and black drop shadow, slanted forward. The lower right quadrant is filled by a large orange cratered planet with black and red crater ellipses. A long white and grey rocket with a needle nose crosses the lower left diagonally, and several tiny figures ride small rocket-shaped boards across the sky. Left of centre, a blonde woman in a green top and pink trousers stands on one such board; below her a crouching man in a yellow shirt and pink cap reaches forward. Bottom left is an oversized woman's face with bright yellow skin, pink-red hair, heavy black brows and red lips, cropped by the frame. Top right, a dark-haired woman in a pink top and orange trousers leans forward on a yellow rocket-board. Dominant colours: sky blue, orange, yellow, red.