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Cartoon Mascot Logo Design

2010-03-17T15:58:00.005-04:00

Scholastic: Ultimate Guide To Football

2010-01-26T15:32:00.002-05:00

Paper Magic Christmas Greeting Cards

2010-01-13T09:32:00.006-05:00

Here are a couple of greeting cards I did for the Paper Magic Group that contain sound chips so when you open them you get some sound effects like a scream and the sound of Santa ripping his pants. Ho! Ho! Ho!!!!

Original Daredevil Crunch

2010-01-07T21:56:00.005-05:00

Here's something I did for the fun of it along the lines of the other cereal parodies (The Matrix Rabbit, Blarney O'Darkness and Cap'n Crunch) I posted a while back under the heading CEREAL KILLERS

Gift Caricature

2009-12-02T09:47:00.001-05:00

ICYSL Logo

2009-11-17T08:31:00.005-05:00

Duffy's Pig Roast '09

2009-06-30T14:43:00.005-04:00

Here's a one color t-shirt design I did for what could be the first of many more Pig Roasts to come down at the Jersey Shore

Gift Caricature

2009-02-11T07:20:00.005-05:00

Presidential Party Gags

2009-02-04T17:13:00.002-05:00

This is a page from Cracked magazine that was a spoof on those old gag adverts in the comic books that sold everything from X-Ray specs to stink bombs.

Taliban Art Critic

2009-02-04T17:06:00.004-05:00

Here's a political cartoon that I created for Denis Leary's tv show Rescue Me that was a comment on the Taliban blowing up sacred statues as part of the storyline where the firefighters weren't allowed to keep "racist" cartoons tacked up around the firehouse.

The Insult That Made A Mess of Iraq

2009-02-04T16:59:00.004-05:00

Here's a one page parody of those old Charles Atlas ads using loveable ol' George Dubya Bush that I published a few years ago in Jokester Magazine

U.S. ARMY LOGO

2009-01-28T17:59:00.004-05:00

A few of us members of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society spent an afternoon at Ft. Dix in the Warrior Transition Unit entertaining wounded soldiers home from Iraq drawing cartoons and caricatures in the Day Room and I created this U.S. Army Eagle logo as a companion piece to my U.S.M.C Bulldog and printed them out to bring with me to hand out to the soldiers.

Give the Gift of Caricature

2008-12-29T10:27:00.002-05:00

Here's another gift caricature I recently did this holiday season for a member of the Philly Roller Girls that plays pivot/blocker/jammer for the Liberty Belles and performs under the moniker "Violet Temper" wreaking intense havoc around every turn.

'Twas An Outsourcing Christmas

2008-12-09T20:12:00.006-05:00

Here's an outsourcing Christmas poem that I drew and co-wrote with Scott Gosar of The Mad Store a few years ago for Jokester Magazine. Someone recently sent me a cartoon about Christmas being outsourced and it reminded me of this so I decided to dust it off for the holiday season.

Gift Caricatures by Speedydoodle.com

2008-11-20T18:03:00.007-05:00

Here is one of the Gift Caricatures I've done this holiday season. What better way to ingratiate yourself with your boss or get that special gift for the person who has everything! You can see more samples at my caricature site www.speedydoodle.com.

I've also been listed on About Faces Entertainers at http://www.aboutfacesentertainers.com and THE NOSE online caricature index at http://www.the-nose.com

Mooseknuckle Brewery

2008-11-10T12:35:00.004-05:00

Here's a logo/label design I did for someone that loves to home brew their own beer and wanted labels to put on their bottles.

The Krankel Family

2008-11-10T12:17:00.006-05:00

Here are a few pages from a children's book I recently completed. I'd posted a couple of pages while I was working on it but now it's completed.

TRIX Animatic

2008-08-21T10:39:00.005-04:00

Here is a TRIX animatic I did for Saatchi & Saatchi advertising. These are used to show to kids in focus groups and if it's well received then it will get made into a commercial. The concepts that don't score as well are discarded.

CRACKED Magazine Double Page Spread

2008-08-20T09:10:00.004-04:00

This is a double-page spread I did a few years ago before the last election when Cracked magazine was still a magazine and still funny. I ended up doing a handful of assignments for them and was in the very last published issue. I was always a fan of Cracked growing up and I miss seeing John Severin's work. It's too bad humor magazines don't really exist anymore. National Lampoon, SPY, Cracked, Crazy, Sick, Help, Plop!, Nuts, and others just can't seem to compete for today's entertainment dollar. It seems many of them have either closed up shop or like Nat Lamp, Cracked (which completely changed it's format) and now The Onion have gone to the internet. MAD seems to be the sole survivor as a humor magazine.

Scholastic Magazine Illustration

2008-08-19T11:53:00.004-04:00

Here is the cover and interior illustrations for the May 2008 issue of Literacy Time put out by Scholastic Magazine

Fire Department Character Logo Designs

2008-07-29T10:02:00.007-04:00

Here are a few Character Logo Designs that I did for the Bartlett, Illinois Fire Department. There were a total of five variations for each of the different Engine and Ladder Companies. For one of them they requested the bulldog I had done for the U.S.M.C. Marine Corps. Logo

Halloween Character Coloring Book

2008-07-22T12:49:00.007-04:00

Here are a few pages I did for a Halloween Coloring Book. It was a really fun project to work on and included Frankenstein, the Wolfman, a Witch, a Haunted House, Dracula, The Headless Horseman, the Mummy lots of pumpkins and a bunch of kids in various halloween costumes or a Roman Soldier, a Princess, a Cowboy and a few others.

The Crazy Gringo At Laconia Motocycle Week

2008-07-17T09:16:00.005-04:00

It looks like THE CRAZY GRINGO is on his way to LACONIA MOTORCYCLE WEEK. I previously posted a character logo I did for The Crazy Gringo Bar up in Weirs Beach, NH and I was asked to do a variation on the character riding his iron horse to the bike rally and they just sent me one of the shirts and it looks really nice. They made long sleeve black shirt with 'The Crazy Gringo' written down the sleeve and a smaller front pocket design. Very cool. So, if you're up in Weirs Beach roll your hog on over to by the Crazy Gringo and pick up a shirt!

Character Logo Design

2008-07-07T12:22:00.003-04:00

Here are two variations of a character logo design I did for an auction website.

Monkey Character Design

2008-07-04T09:16:00.003-04:00

Here is a character design of a monkey that I did for a scrapbooking company near Little Sebago Lake, in Maine.

Turtle Cove Family Aquatic Center

2008-06-26T09:34:00.012-04:00

Here are some characters I designed for the Huron-Clinton Metro Parks new Turtle Cove Family Aquatic Center in Lower Huron Metro Park near Belleville in Michigan. The final art files were were then made into large plastic laminated cut outs to be placed around the park.

California Pizza Kitchen Kids Menu

2008-06-23T09:36:00.004-04:00

Here is the front and back cover to an eight page kids activity menu for the California Pizza Kitchen. These are really fun to do because they include my favorite things to draw: kids, animals, and activity pages.

Children's Book Illustration

2008-06-21T11:34:00.005-04:00

Here is a spread from a children's book I'm currently illustrating about a family of hypochondriacs that visit their Grandpa in the hospital and come to realize that they should get out and enjoy life rather than moping around and complaining about every little ailment, real or imagined.It's been a fun but challenging project so far. I really like working in more of a painterly, children's book illustrator style and I like creating characters to go with the different personalities but the story requires a lot of characters and scenes in hospital wards with a lot of beds and patients will all manner of maladies so it's been more time consuming than I anticipated. I think it will look really nice when it's all completed and I'm looking forward to seeing it in print.

My First Appearance in MAD Magazine

2008-06-18T06:41:00.010-04:00

My first appearance as one of the 'Usual Gang of Idiots' in MAD Magazine came as the writer of a piece called 'Celebrity Yu-Gi-Oh'. One day when my kids were playing with their Yu-Gi-Oh cards and I came up with plays on the last names of a slew of celebrities whose last name began with "O" the first one being Bill O'Reilly who then became 'Yu-Gi-O'Reilly'. There were a few extras that didn't make the final cut like 'Yu-Gi-Ono' (Yoko Ono), Yu-Gi-O'Brien (Conan O'Brien) Yu-Gi-Olberman, and Yu-Gi-Owen (Wilson)
It was a real thrill to see my name in the same magazine that warped the minds of so many kids of my generation and where so many of my idols like Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman and so many others showed the world what level cartooning and satire could sink to and to have my first piece illustrated by the lovely and talented Tom Richmond was the icing on the cake.

FDNY T-Shirt Design

2008-06-16T09:47:00.008-04:00

I suppose Father's Day is as good a time as any to post this FDNY T-Shirt/Logo Design that was done as a tribute to my dad, Capt. Richard J. Arnold 1937-1997

My dad was a New York City Firefighter for twenty years, most of which were spent at LADDER 126 in South Jamaica in Queens, NY. The brave members of Ladder 126 are known as the Princeton Street Tigers so I decided to create a design in memory of everyone that's ever served in that fire house.

I've also set up a shop at CAFE PRESS for anyone interested in purchasing merchandise with this design, I will be donating the proceeds Uniformed Firefighter's Association of New York

One Color T-Shirt Design

2008-06-13T11:24:00.004-04:00

This ONE COLOR T-SHIRT DESIGN was done for the Rantoul Wrestling Eagles in Rantoul, Illinois.

U.S.M.C. Marine Bulldog

2008-06-12T09:38:00.009-04:00

One day I was thinking about a cool t-shirt I had in high school that had a U.S. Marine Bulldog on it that was given to me by the older brother of one of my best friends who was in the Marine Corps. and I decided I wanted to create a cool Marine Bulldog of my own.

I was never in the service but my brother was in the Air Force during the Gulf War back in Operation Desert Storm and my dad was in the Army and various and assorted uncles were in one branch or another so I did this t-shirt character design and even opened a Cafe Press Store where you can get a shirt or mug or other things they offer.

I haven't decided what to do with the proceeds from any sales but most likely I will donate them to some sort of organization to help care for veterans when they return home. One organization my dad was involved with was the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association because he was a veteran and he was paralyzed but not during combat (he was hurt on the job as a NYC Firefighter which I'll post about at a later date)

Cereal Killer

2008-06-11T09:21:00.012-04:00

I did these for the fun of it (I have a thing for breakfast cereal parodies) for a website called I LOVE CARTOONS that contains a collection of cartoon characters as drawn by various and assorted cartoon artists. I do a lot of storyboard and animatic work for General Mills cereals like Lucky Charms and Trix so after drawing the characters for so long I started thinking of ways to make fun of them and combining them with movies like Army of Darkness and The Matrix. I have ideas for a few more so hopefully you'll seem them soon.

Cartoon Logo Design

2008-06-10T11:57:00.005-04:00

This CARTOON LOGO DESIGN was created for a The Crazy Gringo in Weirs Beach, NH which is also located in the heart of where Laconia Bike Week takes place. If you're ever up that way on your 'iron-horse' stop in a get your Crazy Gringo T-Shirt

The Fox, the Goose and the Sack of Corn

2008-06-09T09:54:00.005-04:00

Here is an editorial illustration that was done for William H. Sadlier publishers based on the classic riddle The Fox, the Goose and the Sack of Corn.

The Fox, the Goose and the Sack of Corn
A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream?'

Answer: Take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done!

Penguin Cartoon Character Logo Design

2008-06-08T21:07:00.010-04:00

This CHARACTER LOGO DESIGN was done for the PENGUIN ICE COMPANY out in San Jose, California for use on their bags of Party Ice, blocks of ice, t-shirts and even their trucks. If you're ever out in San Jose and need some ice for your next party, you know who to call.

Flyin' Hawaiian Logo Design

2008-06-07T15:53:00.008-04:00

This was a logo design titled THE FLYIN' HAWAIIAN done for a private client who's husband was being deployed to Iraq. Their Humvee unit was called the Flyin' Hawaiian's and she wanted an image of a pineapple in a Humvee to put on a shirt for him to wear while he was over there.

Support Your Local PTA!

2008-06-03T09:42:00.004-04:00

Here is a PTA Poster that was done for one of the local schools here in our school district.

It was a fun project to work on because they didn't have all of the ideas in place so I got to decide how best to try and represent some of the concepts for each letter and idea they were trying to get across.

Support your local PTA!

Language Lizard Character Design

2008-06-02T10:57:00.008-04:00

Here is a character design that was done for the LANGUAGE LIZARD, a website whose aim is to inspire kids through language and specializes in dual language and multi-cultural books.

One Color T-Shirt Design

2008-05-31T10:42:00.005-04:00

Here is a One Color T-Shirt Design I recently did to help raise funds for a Bulldog Rescue Foundation called On The Rebound dedicated to saving unwanted or abused bulldogs and giving them a second chance.

Honey Nut Cheerios

2008-05-30T12:45:00.004-04:00

These are a few frames that were done for an interactive Honey Nut Cheerios web adventure game called Nuts About Honey: Buzz Adventures-The Mumbee's Curse

Pillowhead

2008-05-30T12:38:00.006-04:00

I decided to try my hand a creating a comic strip and many years ago I had the idea for a character called Pillowhead. Originally, I was thinking along the lines of a super-hero but I decided to make him an average and lazy, unemployed guy who lived in a small apartment with his rock and roll dog and talking cactus plant.
I only got a few strips done when other obligations came calling. One day I hope to return to it and explore it further because I had fun doing them.

Character Logo Design

2008-05-30T11:49:00.005-04:00

This was a character design for a web retailer KLEAR GEAR.COM
that specializes in gadgets, desk toys and all manner of accessories for those who take pride in being a computer geek.

Sketchbook Update

2008-05-30T11:40:00.008-04:00

I added a few more sketches to the SKETCHBOOK section. These particular sketches of the Muppets were done when I was working at the Children's Television Workshop (when I started there, it was called CTW but a few years later they changed their name to Sesame Workshop because Sesame Street was only one part of what CTW did and the child had become much bigger and more well known that the parent and they wanted to incorporate the name that everyone was famiiar with) and we went to a seminar at Henson Studios and got to draw the characters using the actual puppets for reference. It was a great experience because up until that point we were using style guides and there's really no substitute for seeing the way the puppets move first hand.

Another interesting side story regarding Sesame Street and Henson that not many people know is that Henson and Sesame Street are not the same thing and the Muppets from the Muppet show are separate entities which is why you never saw Grover on the Muppet Show. Jim Henson was hired as a freelancer by the Children's Televison Workshop back in the late sixties to create puppets (Muppets) for a new show called Sesame Street. He was paid for his creations but retained the rights to them.

A year or so later, Henson needed some money and offered to sell CTW the rights to the Muppets for about forty-thousand dollars but seeing as Sesame Street was only about a year old and it was a non-profit company, they didn't have the money to buy the rights (or didn't think it would be money well spent.

Well, it turned out to be unfortunate for CTW and a boon to Henson because from then on Sesame Street because a huge international success and Henson was getting some incredible amount of royalties (something like thirty or forty cents on every dollar that CTW brought in on Muppet related income) and made Henson very rich.

I guess there's something to be said for retaining your rights..though I'm not sure what it is.

Welcome to WHAT'S COOKIN'!!!

2008-05-30T09:44:00.005-04:00

Welcome to What's Cookin' at Arnomation.com!!!Here is where I'll be posting updates and new projects I'm working on. Thanks for visiting and check back often!