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Gary Arnott
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Semi-Retired former time-traveller.

Avid doodler.

https://www.deviantart.com/pooterman
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Wil, I flatly refuse to be mentally teased like this, especially by the inclusion of the word 'project' all in unassuming lower case, and then having the audacity of placing it in brackets for the extra emphasis and what have you! Damn it man, spill the beans you giant, naughty tease of a man you! 🥺
July 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Happy 50th to an all-time classic movie, bet he's starting to feel his age now though... 🦷🪥🦈

#Jaws50 #JAWS #jaws50thanniversary #jaws50th #HappyBirthday #1970s #Movies #AmityIsland #Shark #SharkAttack #StevenSpielberg #PeterBenchley #RoyScheider #RichardDreyfuss #RobertShaw #Movie
June 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Got my crayons back out to work on this one recently as I was a massive fan of the original back in the day and wanted an A3 sized poster of it to put up in the mancave! 😍🖍️👍👌

#bladerunner #crl #commodore64 #c64 #zxspectrum #artwork #gameart #retrogaming #retrogamer #mancave #poster #art #retrogames
June 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Busy cleaning up and restoring all of the old ZZAP64! cover images ready for the new ZZAP! Legacy book! 👍

ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT TO GO NOW ON THE KICKSTARTER! 😮

Details here: 🔗👇

shorturl.at/gfxwk

#zzap #zzap64 #c64 #commodore64 #oliverfrey #rogerkean #newsfield #retrogaming #retrogamer #kickstarter
June 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
I'm currently busy cleaning up and restoring all of the old ZZAP64! cover images ready for the new ZZAP! Legacy book!

😍🖍️📖👍

www.kickstarter.com/projects/zza...

#zzap #zzap64 #c64 #commodore64 #olifrey #oliverfrey #80s #nostalgia #retrogaming #retrogamer #rogerkean #newsfield #magazine #computers
June 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Got my crayons back out after seeing an old magazine advert for 'Airwolf' on page 17 of C&VG from June 1985. 🖍️

Apparently the game had more than TWO screens, even tho' the majority of gamers never got to see any of them! 😖

#Airwolf #ZXSpectrum #AmstradCPC #C64 #Commodore64 #Retrogaming #Retrogamer
June 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
So looking forward to you guys seeing all the cleaned up digitially restored versions of Oli's 'ZZAP!64' covers that I've worked on recently. 🤗🖍️

To celebrate the 'ZZAP!64 Legacy' book Kickstarter, here's an exclusive book cover 'Re-Mix'! 😍👍

#ZZAP64 #OliverFrey #Retrogaming #Retro #Commodore64 #C64
June 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
inspired by these two 90's classics... ❤️🕹️💻😊

#MayThe4th #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWars #TieFighter #DefenderOfTheEmpire #DarkForces #LucasArts #Jedi #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #Defender #MayTheForceBeWithYou #GeorgeLucas #Empire #Retro #PCGamer #PCGaming #Retrogaming #Retrogamer
May 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Some compulsory 'May The Fourth' artwork, inspired by a certain Star Wars game I played a lot on my PC a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... 🖍️

#MayThe4th #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWars #TieFighter #PCGaming #PC #LucasArts #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #MayTheForceBeWithYou #Retrogamer #Retrogaming
May 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Thought I'd get my crayons back out to celebrate the 40th birthday of one of my most favourite songs of all-time... 🖍️

#ShakeTheDisease #DepecheMode #80s #1980s #SynthPop #Electronic #Nostalgia #Music #Artwork #Art #FanArt #Birthday #HappyBirthday #Celebration #BlackCelebration
April 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Got my crayons back out, I call this one simply '4️⃣3️⃣'

🖍️🎂❤️

#zxspectrum #birthday #retrogaming #retrogamer #80s #1980s #SinclairResearch #CliveSinclair #Nostalgia #Memories #Artwork #Tribute #Retro #TheSpectrum #RetroComputers #HomeComputer #Microcomputer #80sComputer #8bit #SirClive #UK #48k #Speccy
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
And still my favouriter ever #zxspectrum game some 40+ years later... 🖍️❤️
April 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
garyarnott.bsky.social
There's never a suitable time to resurrect this nightmare fuel but... 😱

"Kinder, yibol shakey!"

""Me unscrabbly!"

"Chocadooby!"

"Double chocadooby!"

"Bobswabbo"

"Toy!"

"Yodel yum and choco scrum with muggy pupwubbo toys! Oh, grubbly!"

"Me scrubble now, chucko - weeeeee"

Happy Easter folks!
April 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Chase H.Q. is one of my most loved arcade games so used this @retrogamermag.bsky.social magazine cover as inspiration to make an A3 sized poster ready for the man cave!!

🖍️🖼️😍🪄👍

#ChaseHQ #Taito #Arcade #Retrogaming #Racer #Retrogamer #Retrogames #80s #1980s #Racing #Magazine #CoverArt #Artwork #Art
April 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Back in the 1970's If you asked the toy shop keeper for something "Gaily coloured" your choice was sadly very limited... 🫤

#fuzzyfelt #70s #1970s #toys #nostalgia #farm
April 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
A Minecraft movie....bah! 🤨

Take me back to the 70's please!! 🙏🕰️⚡🏎️

This was the movie the cool kids wanted to see back then!!

😍🎥🍿

#fuzzyfelt #70s #1970s #toys #movies #movie #nostalgia #minecraft #aminecraftmovie #minecraftmovie
April 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Take me back to the 70's please!! 🙏🕰️⚡🏎️

This was the movie us cool kids wanted to see back then!!

😍🎥🍿

#fuzzyfelt #70s #1970s #toys #movies #movie #nostalgia
April 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
All of the Mario Kart games are great, just happy I still get to play most of them regularly via emulation on my PC!

🏁🏎️💨🕹️

#mariokart #mario #nintendo #retrogaming #retrogamer #kart #racing #console #n64 #switch #snes #arcade #ds #retro #gamecube #wii #wiiu #gaming #kartracing #emulation #emulator
April 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Anyone else ever chose to use their school dinner money to make alternative choices, rather than just settle for the standard Sausage, chips 'n beans?

🌭🍟🫘🕹️🪙🏫🎒🤔💡

#zxspectrum #crash #retrogaming #school #money #pocketmoney #dinnermoney #decisions #retrogamer #mailorder #1980s #nostalgia #memories
April 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
I recently got my crayons out to celebrate that 'Amsoft' pack of games as I'm sure a lot of kids would have been gifted it for Christmas along with their Amstrad CPC464 back in the day!

🖍️🖼️🎄🎅🎁☃️

#AmstradCPC #CPC464 #Amsoft #Retrogaming #Retrogamer #Retrogames #Nostalgia #Christmas #80s #1980s #Xmas
April 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Crayons back out to doodle my TOP 10 favourite #ZXSpectrum games of all-time!! 🖍️❤️🏆

Any of you agree with some of my favourites? 🤔😍

#zxspectrum #retrogaming #sinclairresearch #sinclair #retrogames #8bit #nostalgia #retro #retrogamer #gameart #art #artwork #commodore64 #c64 #spectrum #speccy #top10
April 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Loved this 16k game on my beloved old Speccy back in the day so thought I'd quickly make a new cover for it... 🖍️

#zxspectrum #harrierattack #16k #durell #retrogaming #retrogamer #80s #nostalgia #retro #spectrum #c64 #commodore64 #amsoft #AmstradCPC #Oric1 #DurellSoftware #gameart #artwork #coverart
April 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
I loved that tape & spent ages playing those games too that Xmas! Especially 'Perilous Swamp' & trying to rescue the princess from the middle of a swamp, a feat I repeated later in life when I managed to drag my wife away from her housing estate! 😜🤣

Time to dig the crayons back out to pay homage! 🖍️
April 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
hope I did you proud my much beloved old friend... ❤️

#chasehq #zxspectrum #80s #1980s #nostalgia #retrogaming #retrogamer #taito #arcade #driving #racing #commodore64 #amstradcpc #cpc464 #bobwakelin #artwork #art #boxart
April 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
garyarnott.bsky.social
Saw you sat there, looking lost, old and tired not to mention dusty, so thought I'd try to help. 😢

Now you remind me of the day you called out to me when our eyes met across that crowded showroom in WH Smith all those years ago... 😍

#ChaseHQ #ZXSpectrum #C64 #BobWakelin #OceanSoftware #Retrogaming
April 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM