I believe you may have mistakenly hit a shortcut key for switching the cursor from the default "Outline" mode to its "Tool" mode, which ends up displaying a picture of the tool for many of tools. I don't recall what the default shortcut keys are for this (as I've had them changed to my preference for years now), but another way to change the cursor back to the "Outline" mode is using these steps:
- Select "Edit" and choose the "ArtRage Preferences" option, from the menu.
- On the ArtRage Preferences panel, locate and left click on the "Cursor" group to open it.
- Select the "Outline" option and then left click the "OK" button to accept the change.
Nothing is easy to the unwilling.