Of the hundreds of scapers who chose to get an Old School RuneScape tattoo, many opted for a skilling tattoo, and amongst those, many opted for a tattoo linked to the Fishing skill. Whether through the fishing icon itself or iconic fish types or other creative ways, these scapers chose to reference the grindy fishing skill and carry it around on their skin forever.
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Golden Tench Tattoo
This tattoo is a copy of the Old School RuneScape Golden Tench, a very rare item obtained only through the Fishing skill. The tattoo uses bold black outlines to define the shape of the fish, creating a strong contrast against the color shading within. The fish is filled with gradient tones of orange and light brown, applied in a way that adds depth and dimension. The technique involves simple color blocking with minimal shading details, staying true to a clean, graphic style.
Swordfish Tattoo
This tattoo reveals an OSRS swordfish in full black ink. This representation of the fishing skill uses a minimalist and geometric approach. The design relies on fine line work and basic shapes, with shading that creates a three-dimensional effect without complex detailing. The swordfish is composed of angular lines, giving it a blocky appearance.
Yellow Shrimp Tattoo
This colourful tattoo is inspired by the very first type of fish you can catch to train fishing in Old School RuneScape: shrimps. The design follows a bold, traditional style with thick outlines and solid color blocks, giving it a simple yet recognizable look, with a personal touch in the bright yellow it uses. The artist used saturated tones for a high contrast between the yellow-orange and black, highlighting each shrimp and added small details like spikes and eyes. Placed on the leg, this tattoo stands out due to its clear lines and minimalistic approach, focusing on strong shapes and limited shading for a straightforward visual effect.
Dark Shrimp Tattoo
This tattoo also capitalizes on the very recognizable type of fish you get even on the tutorial island to refer to the fishing skill. It is created with brown ink in a realistic style that uses detailed shading and very fine lines and dots. This tattoo stays true to the in game colours, yet still has deeper shades since it’s a fresh tattoo, that will fade into the in game colours.
Shrimp Tattoo
This tattoo is a different version of the OSRS’ shrimps. The design is minimalist, focusing on three simple bait figures in a realistic, dotwork shading style. The artist used fine dots to create texture and dimension, giving the shrimps a rough, natural look. The tattoo’s earthy brown tones are a very good match of the in game colours.
Simple Shrimp Tattoo
This OSRS Fishing tattoo is done in a minimalistic, angular style. The shading within the design is done with a soft, faded technique, giving it a subtle depth without heavy detailing. Really clean!!!
Wise Old Man Fishing Tattoo
This tattoo is a cartoon-style design featuring a fisherman character from the game Old School RuneScape (OSRS). The illustration is done in a bold line style, with clear, thick outlines that define the character and boat details sharply. The shading is minimal, focusing instead on flat, solid colors for a simplified, graphic look. The use of muted greens, browns, and blues gives it an earthy tone that aligns with the game’s aesthetic. Placed on the inner forearm, the tattoo benefits from a flat surface, which helps the lines and colors appear even and consistent.
Trout Tattoo
This tattoo features an abstract, geometric interpretation of a trout, a common fish in Old School RuneScape. The clean lines and sharp angles of the trout tattoo make it a minimalist yet bold expression of the player’s love for OSRS and the Fishing skill in the game. The size and simplicity of the design speak to a refined aesthetic, one that mirrors the straightforward yet rewarding experience of fishing in the rivers of Gielinor.
Burnt trout tattoo
This tattoo, featuring a pixelated fish inspired by Old School RuneScape (OSRS), is done in a minimalist pixel art style. The design consists of small, square shapes arranged to mimic the low-resolution graphics of the game, with simple shades of gray and pink to define the fish’s body. The tattoo uses solid black outlines to create the pixelated effect, enhancing the digital aesthetic. Placed on the forearm, it showcases a compact and neat layout with clean, defined edges, creating a straightforward representation of the game’s iconic fishing item.
Lobster Tattoo
This tattoo portrays an iconic Old School RuneScape lobster, probably one of the most nostalgic items in game and nod to the Fishing skill where catching lobsters is a notable milestone for player as well as a reminder of the old days. The design’s angular, modern twist on the classic 8-bit aesthetic mirrors the game’s pixel art style.
The bold orange color captures the lobster’s vibrant hue after being cooked in the game, a task that requires medium to high levels both in the Fishing and Cooking skills.
Lobbie Tattoo
This tattoo is another references the OSRS fishing skill, with a stylized lobster and text reading “Selling lobbies 150 ea”. The artist used a pixel art style for both the text and image, replicating the in-game message format. The lobster is created with simple geometric shapes and shading, giving it a blocky, low-resolution appearance. The tattoo uses fine line work to outline the text and lobster, while shading within the lobster adds depth without overwhelming detail.
Lobster Tattoo
This OSRS-inspired fishing tattoo is done in a geometric style, using a series of sharp, angular shapes to form a lobster silhouette. The design features bold black outlines, giving each segment clear definition. Inside each shape, the shading is done with dotwork, creating texture and depth within the segmented areas. The tattoo is positioned on an area of skin with other tattoos around it. The combination of fine line detailing and heavy shading provides a contrast that makes the geometric lobster appear structured and distinct within the composition.
Lobster matching tattoo
These two scapers also got lobster tattoos: a burnt and a cooked one. The tattoos feature clean, bold black outlines around each “pixel”, capturing the 8-bit look typical of the game’s graphics. The two examples shown use different colors: the burnt one is shaded in grayscale, while the cooked one uses an orange fill, closely resembling the game’s color scheme for the lobster. These matching tattoos are placed on the back of the calves. While only these two scapers got fishing matching tattoos, other scapers used other Old School RuneScape references to get matching tattoos.
Fishing Icon Tattoo
This tattoo showcases three skill icons from Old School RuneScape, each with a bold and simplified design. The icons are arranged vertically on the arm: fishing at the top, crafting in the middle and cooking at the bottom. Each icon is outlined with thick black lines, creating a graphic, sticker-like effect. The shading is minimal, focusing on basic color fills with subtle gradients, giving the icons a clean and flat appearance.
Fishing Icon Tattoo 2
This tattoo features a collection of small pixel-art icons inspired by the OSRS skills. The icons include a firemaking, attack, fishing and cooking, each outlined with bold black lines, giving them a strong, defined appearance reminiscent of 8-bit graphics. The icons are arranged horizontally on the arm creating a skill bracelet.
The colors are solid and bright, with simple shading that stays true to the game’s aesthetic. The tattoo artist maintained consistency with the game’s original low-resolution look, giving each icon clear, blocky edges and distinct shapes that are easily recognizable to fans of the game.
