OSRS vs IRL: Wise Old Man Tattoos

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The Wise Old Man is one of the most popular NPCs in Old School RuneScape. The beloved character is so wise that he even has a plugin and a whole website where he tracks players’ progress and enables competitions. He’s there for you in multiple quests and always waiting in Draynor village to give you tasks or clean your bank from junk. He’s so awesome that he also inspired over 60 players to get RuneScape tattoos where he really stands out.

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Sketch WOM Tattoo

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This Wise Old Man tattoo covers this scaper’s forearm and it combines modern elements with the iconic NPC in a sketch art style that uses only black and grey ink to convey a realistic representation of the WOM and everything else it depicts.

King WOM Tattoo

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The wise old man is truly a king in OSRS at least metaphorically. This scaper took it to the next level an replaced the iconic party hat on the wise old man’s head with a royal crown. This pure black ink tattoo is created in a sketch style and it contains a large number of details such as a secondary old man withing the beard of the WOM, an ancient scepter, and a scythe outline.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo depicts the wise old man seated on a throne, surrounded by detailed masks and objects. It is done in a black and grey style with fine lines and loads of shading to create depth and contrast. The technique incorporates stippling for texture, particularly in the fabric and background areas.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo of the wise old man and the slayer icon is done in a realistic black and grey style. It features fine shading to create depth and texture, particularly in the beard and facial details. The circular glasses and party hat are rendered with clean lines and smooth gradients for contrast. The use of high-contrast tones emphasizes the elements of the tattoo, giving the design a cohesive and polished look.

Old School Monochrome WOM tattoo

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This minimalist tattoo on the forearm features the Wise Old Man in a roughly 12×6 cm design executed in black ink using fine line technique. It captures the character in a simple, iconic pose with emphasis on clean, crisp outlines.

WOM Tattoo

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This WOM tattoo uses a stippling technique, creating the design entirely with fine dot work to build shading and texture. The style is minimalist, with no outlines and soft transitions achieved through the density of the dots.

WOM Tattoo

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This WOM tattoo was made in a minimalist and geometric style. It uses a fine dotwork technique to create texture and shading, giving the design depth while maintaining simplicity. The lines are clean and precise, with angular shapes emphasizing the character’s features. The black ink contrasts sharply with the skin, enhancing the design’s clarity and definition.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo showcases a skull WOM. It is done in a black and gray realism style with bold outlines and detailed shading. The shading technique uses smooth gradients and stippling to add depth, particularly in the beard and facial features. The use of clean lines and consistent detailing creates a polished and cohesive look.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo portrays the wise old man with a party hat and glasses, created using a black and gray realism style. The shading technique involves smooth gradients and dotwork to create depth and texture, particularly in the beard and flowing cloak. The design incorporates soft contrasts and intricate details, emphasizing the folds of the fabric and the atmospheric background elements.

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This Wise Old Man tattoo is done in a black-and-gray style with a focus on clean line work and smooth shading. The artist used fine dotwork for texture, particularly in the crown and facial details. The pixelated font below incorporates bold lines to reference retro gaming themes, complementing the character’s playful expression, while referencing both Einstein and the famous 92 is half 99 meme from OSRS.

WOM Tattoo

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This WOM tattoo is done in a black-and-grey illustrative style, with a focus on detailed linework and shading. The design uses thin, precise lines to outline the figure and intricate hatching techniques to add texture and depth to the robe and pile of runes. The use of light and dark contrasts effectively defines the character and enhances the overall detail in the design, while other small details are create with blue to break the pattern of black and grey tattoos and bring a post modern vibe to the art piece.

Neo-realist Wise Old Man Tattoo

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This tattoo shows key features of Neo-Realism by combining realistic details with creative, modern touches in a black and grey style. The face of the Wise Old Man is drawn very realistically, but the angular crown and blank, abstract glasses add a unique, artistic twist. The glasses, with their plain white lenses, break away from strict realism, adding a surreal feel. Bold shading and strong contrasts, especially around the face and beard, make the image stand out, with smooth transitions between light and dark areas. This style allows for more freedom and creativity compared to traditional realism, giving the tattoo a fresh, modern look.

WOM Tattoo

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This Wise Old Man tattoo uses a realistic black-and-gray style with fine shading and detailed line work. The shading is smooth, creating depth and texture in the facial features, beard, and crown. The design incorporates precise geometric elements and symbols around the portrait, adding complexity to the piece. The contrast between the bold black sections and the lighter shaded areas emphasizes the realism and intricacy of the tattoo, while the blood, law, and air rune which are created with colour are contrasted against the black and grey tattoo for a post modern look.

Kickflip WOM tattoo

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This tattoo showcases the Wise Old Man performing a kickflip. The tattoo is positioned on the upper calf. It uses a limited color palette, mainly black with some brown and blue, employing solid fill techniques and distinct, bold outlines typical of traditional tattoo styles and it measures about 12×6 cm.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo features a stylized depiction of the wise old man in a geometric and minimalistic design. The use of bold outlines and solid color fills creates a clean and graphic look. The color palette includes gradients of green, blue, and brown, applied with smooth shading techniques to give the design dimension. The overall style reflects elements of traditional tattooing combined with modern, simplified aesthetics.

WOM Tattoo

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This OSRS Wise Old Man tattoo is designed in a pixel-inspired style, mimicking the low-resolution graphics of the game. The tattoo features solid color blocks and minimal shading to replicate the in-game aesthetic. The use of bold outlines and a limited color palette enhances the retro gaming feel, while the PK skull detail above adds a complementary design element in the same pixelated style.

Helpful WOM tattoo

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This vibrant tattoo spans roughly 15×10 cm, using a rich palette of colors like green, red, and blue. The style is illustrative with clear, cartoonish outlines and detailed shading, encapsulating the playful and adventurous spirit of the game. The tattoo not only reveals the wise old man, but a skulled player, so it could as well be a PK tattoo.

Cute WOM tattoo

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Cute tattoos are also a trend. This cute WOM tattoo exaggerates the roundness of some features to bring a naive reinterpretation of the Wise Old Man to life in a specific coulourful shaded style.

Skateboarding WOM tattoo

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This tattoo on the upper arm depicts the Wise Old Man and is rendered in a bold, traditional style with a limited but striking color palette of red, green, and blue. The design features thick outlines and flat color fills, emphasizing the character’s iconic features.

Black Skateboarding WOM tattoo

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This tattoo on the upper arm is very similar in that it displays the Wise Old Man with a skateboard. It measures about 18×10 cm and is done in black ink. The design features a detailed, traditional line work style with bold shading, capturing the character in a dynamic pose.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo depicts the Wise Old Man character in a neo-traditional style. It features bold outlines, smooth color gradients, and a balanced combination of vibrant and muted tones. The shading technique highlights texture in the beard and crown, while the gold coins add depth with solid fills and clean outlines. The use of a saturated color palette and precise linework indicates professional machine application.

Realistic WOM tattoo

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This realistic WOM tattoo is a very complex piece of art that drew inspiration from the RuneScape character. The scaper drove 5 hours to meet with the artist for this outstanding WOM tattoo, after seeing a genie tattoo done by the artist.

New School WOM tattoo

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The new school style combines elements of realism and caricature to give a new representation of a classic. This new school WOM tattoo does just that bringing to life a wise old man none of us have seen before.

Funny WOM tattoo

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This colorful tattoo on the calf captures the Wise Old Man from Old School RuneScape in a dynamic, abstract style. Spanning about 18×10 cm, it features vivid purples and oranges around the character’s face and crown. The design uses swirling motifs and exaggerated facial expressions.

Fishing WOM tattoo

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This tattoo depicts the Wise Old Man fishing in a boat. It’s located on the forearm and it features a vibrant mix of colors—primarily blue, green, brown, and beige. The style is bold and cartoonish executed with clear, solid lines and shaded with a subtle gradation of colors, highlighting the character in a fishing boat. The tattoo covers an approximate area of 15×7 cm.

Stealth WOM tattoo

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This is a stealth Wise Old Man tattoo. The design is relatively small and uses mainly black ink with minimalistic style. It’s outlined simply with few details, focusing on an iconic representation of the party hat and the glasses the Wise Old Man is known for.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo features a minimalist design of a party hat placed above round glasses, suggesting the Wise Old Man. It is done in a fine line style, with clean, simple outlines and no shading or additional details.

Scroll WOM tattoo

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This forearm tattoo features the Wise Old Man holding a scroll in a realistic style. The artwork uses a rich color palette of greens, browns, and blues, showcasing intricate shading and loads of details. It covers an an area of about 18×10 cm on the forearm.

Old School WOM tattoo

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This tattoo is a representation of the classic Wise Old Man from Old School RuneScape. It spans about 10×5 cm, executed in a minimalist style with a limited color palette of blues and greens. The tattoo features simple outlines and flat color fills, focusing on the character’s iconic robe and crown. Speaking of characters, there are plenty tattoos that showcase OSRS characters.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo depicts a caricature-style wise old man with a bold and exaggerated expression. The design features bold outlines and vibrant colors, emphasizing the glasses and the blood effect. The shading is minimal, relying more on solid black and bright, flat colors to give the piece a graphic, neo-traditional look. The tattoo is placed on the upper arm, taking advantage of the flat surface for clean detailing and clear readability. The party hat above the head adds a surreal element, while the dripping blood effect incorporates dynamic lines.

Emote WOM tattoo

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This WOM tattoo represents a crossover as it represents both the Wise Old Man from Old School RuneScape and Master Roshi from Dragon Ball. The style is colourful, clean, and simple, with minimal shading and an anime like finish.

GP WOM tattoo

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This WOM tattoo is a simple colourful depiction of the NPC with a twist since he is summoning some GP! The interesting and original design brings together two belove elements from OSRS: WOM and GP!

Serious WOM tattoo

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This tattoo on the forearm depicts the Wise Old Man from Old School RuneScape in a vibrant, illustrative style. It measures approximately 15×8 cm and it’s created using deep shades of blue, grey, and brown. The design is detailed with thick lines and shading that gives texture to the beard.

Smoking WOM tattoo

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This striking tattoo, located on the calf, features a detailed portrait of the Wise Old Man smoking a pipe. The tattoo measures approximately 20×10 cm and it showcases a whimsical, illustrative style with soft pastel shades. The tattoo emphasizes the character’s expressive eyes and long beard, blending subtle shades to add depth. The same technique is used for the party hat the Wise Old man is wearing, but even though most WOM tattoos contain a party hat, not all party hat tattoos have WOM.

Neo-traditional Wise OId Man

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This tattoo is done in the Neo-Traditional style. It has bold, thick lines and bright colors like green, red, and yellow. The design is detailed, with a lot of shading that adds depth. The figure has exaggerated features, making it look more artistic. Neo-Traditional tattoos often mix old-school tattoo elements with modern styles, which you can see here in the detailed lines and rich colors. It also has a fantasy feel, which fits the style’s focus on mythological or imaginative themes.

Blue Wise Old Man

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This is a simple Wise Old Man tattoo created using only black and blue inks and limited shading.

Traditional WOM tattoo

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This tattoo is located on the forearm and it features a stylized portrait of the Wise Old Man. It measures approximately 15×8 cm and it uses a vibrant color palette with reds, blues, and yellows. Executed in a neo-traditional style, it includes bold outlines and detailed shading. The tattoo also incorporates other Old School RuneScape elements such as a dragon scimitar and a Shadow.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo depicts the Wise Old Man using a colorful, illustrative style. The artist employed bold linework to define the character’s features, particularly around the face, beard, and party hat. Vibrant colors fill the tattoo, especially the reflective shades of orange and red in the character’s glasses and the gold coins stacked beside him. Shading around the face and beard provides depth, while the smoke from the pipe has a smooth, gradient effect, adding motion. This tattoo combines cartoonish proportions with solid fills and bold outlines, enhancing durability over time.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo of a wise old man is done in a neo-traditional style, combining bold outlines with smooth color gradients. The shading in the beard uses fine lines to create a textured and layered effect. The blue party hat and the glasses are filled with solid colors for a clean, graphic appearance. The design includes additional elements, such as coins and a money pouch, drawn with sharp details and placed around the character to add depth to the composition.

Rune WOM tattoo

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This tattoo doesn’t only feature the Wise old man but also the magic skill icon disguiset as his hat, and some runes, along with some other cosmic elements like a crescent.

Serious WOM tattoo

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This tattoo of the Old School RuneScape Wise Old Man character uses a bold, illustrative style with a focus on clean lines and solid color fills. The design features strong black outlines that define the character’s facial details, beard, and accessories. Bright colors, like the blue of the hat and the green glow in the background, enhance the cartoonish look. The tattoo uses shading minimally, relying on flat colors to maintain a simple, graphic appearance. The tattoo’s layering of colors, such as the reflection in the glasses, adds depth without overly complex shading.

Monochrome WOM tattoo

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This black tattoo on the upper arm features the Wise Old Man in an intricately detailed with fine line work and dot shading style. The style leans towards a detailed illustrative technique, emphasizing the character’s iconic features as well as stacks of gp.

Finished version

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This is the updated finished version of the same tattoo. The artist used loads of colours with fine shading to create a full portrait of the Wise Old Man. It fits the New School style because of its exaggerated, cartoon-like features, such as the large eyes, nose, and playful expression of the Wise Old Man. The bold, vibrant colors, like the bright blue crown and vivid red background, add to its energetic feel, which is typical of New School designs. The whimsical theme, with coins and a smoking pipe, along with the dynamic shading that gives it a 3D effect, also point to New School’s fun and creative approach. Overall, it has a more playful and modern vibe compared to other styles like Neo-Traditional.

WOM Tattoo

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This Wise Old Man tattoo is created in a minimalist cartoon style, featuring bold outlines and limited shading. The design highlights simple geometric shapes and flat colors, with a gradient effect in the party hat to add a subtle layer of detail. The linework is clean, and the use of lighter tones in the death rune provides contrast against the overall design.

WOM Tattoo

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This WOM tattoo is created in new school style with bold outlines, vibrant colors, and smooth shading. The design incorporates classic tattoo elements like roses and leaves, adding depth with layered shading and gradient transitions, but pairs them with modern elements such as the blood rune and the cartoonish sunglasses worn by the WOM figure. The use of solid black for the goggles and outlines contrasts sharply with the bright reds and greens. The tattoo combines traditional techniques with clean, modern execution, focusing on symmetry and balanced proportions, while adding unique details like the cross on the forehead.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo features the Wise Old Man character rendered in a colorful illustrative style. The design uses bold outlines, vibrant colors, and smooth shading to create depth and texture. The party hat and coins include gradient coloring for a metallic effect, while the beard is detailed with soft, flowing lines. The background includes muted green hues and circular elements, adding contrast and dimension.

WOM Tattoo

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This tattoo depicts the wise old man with green skin, a blue party hat, and detailed features above an OSRS character. The technique uses bold outlines combined with smooth color gradients to add depth and dimension. The design incorporates fine details in the facial expression and beard, showing precision and a steady hand. The style blends elements of neo-traditional and illustrative, using saturated tones and dynamic composition.

WOM Tattoo

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This wise old man tattoo of a is a micro tattoo with bold outlines and flat color fills. The design uses simple shapes and a limited color palette to achieve a cartoon-like aesthetic. Fine line detailing is used for small elements like the staff and facial features. The placement on the lower leg allows for a compact and focused composition, with additional small designs, such as a gnome child complementing the main figure. The clean and deliberate application emphasizes clarity and simplicity.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo depicts the wise old man in a design that uses a fine line technique, characterized by thin, precise outlines and minimal shading. The details, such as the beard’s texture and the glasses, are created with clean, deliberate lines. The tattoo is placed on the outer calf, providing a flat surface that enhances the clarity of the design. The black ink emphasizes the line work, while the overall style reflects elements of neo-traditional and illustrative tattooing.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo portrays a simplified, abstract depiction of an old man with glasses and a crown. It uses bold, clean outlines and minimal shading, giving it a traditional or illustrative style. The shading is done with a dotwork technique, particularly on the crown and beard, creating subtle texture and depth. The design relies on symmetry and simple geometric forms for a balanced composition.

WOM tattoo

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This tattoo features a minimalist depiction of an old man with glasses and a crown, drawn with clean, fine-line work. The design is small and simple, using thin, even outlines without shading or additional textures. The style is straightforward and linear, with a focus on clean geometry and clear shapes for easy readability.

WOM Tattoo

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This Wise Old Man tattoo features a combination of traditional and cartoon-inspired elements. The design uses bold outlines, vivid colors, and fine shading to create a crisp and detailed look. The placement on the forearm ensures high visibility and allows for a vertically oriented composition. The artist employed smooth gradients and precise line work, particularly in the facial features and accessories, such as the pipe and coins. The inclusion of pixel art details, like the PK skull, and of other game characters such as the gnome child or dragon dagger give even more life to the piece.

WOM Tattoo

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This Wise Old Man tattoo is created in a colorful illustrative style. It features bold outlines and saturated colors, with smooth gradients used to add depth and dimension. The reflective effect on the glasses is achieved with sharp geometric shapes and contrasting tones. The shading in the beard and crown is clean and consistent, emphasizing texture while the inclusion of the max cash text and additional elements integrates seamlessly into the overall composition.

WOM Tattoo

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This WOM tattoo uses a neo-traditional style with bold outlines and a mix of vibrant and muted colors. The detailed shading on the beard and face highlights texture, while the crisp black lines define the design’s structure. The inclusion of pixelated elements, such as the coins and the PK skull, as well as the gnome child and the max cash number represent other OSRS references that forced a combo of traditional tattooing and digital aesthetics. Fine linework and precise color gradients enhance the overall execution, while the bolder lines for the glasses and outlines create one of the cleanest, but most complex WOM tattoos.

WOM Tattoo

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This Wise Old Man tattoo is done in a traditional style, characterized by bold black outlines and vibrant, solid colors. The use of shading adds depth to the character’s face and beard, while the orange tones in the glasses and coins provide a warm contrast. The design includes clean, saturated color fills and careful linework, showcasing a strong technical execution.

WOM Tattoo

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This WOM tattoo was created with bold outlines and a vibrant color technique. It features clean linework with a focus on solid black outlines and smooth gradients for shading, particularly in the beard and party hat. The color palette includes rich blues, pinks, and golds, with coins incorporated into the design for added detail. The pink background uses soft shading to create a glowing effect around the character while matching the shade of the glasses.

WOM Tattoo

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This WOM tattoo was made in a bold outline style with simple color blocking and black outlines. The design uses strong black lines to define the character, while flat blue and orange color fills for the crown and goggles, creating a cartoon-like appearance. The shading is minimal, focusing on clean shapes and solid fills, emphasizing a neo-traditional technique.

WOM Tattoo

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This Wise Old Man tattoo is done in a neo-traditional style with bold outlines and smooth color gradients that create a sticker tattoo. The use of vibrant blues and muted tones creates contrast, while the shading technique adds dimension to the design. The details in the beard and crown are cleanly executed, emphasizing the character’s distinct features. Black and white ink outlines ensure the image remains defined and sharp against the skin, just like a sticker.

WOM Tattoo

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This sticker Wise Old Man tattoo is done in a bold, neo-traditional style, emphasizing thick outlines and flat, vibrant colors. The design features clean shading with a subtle gradient in the party hat and robe, adding depth while maintaining simplicity. The use of saturated colors and consistent linework ensures durability and readability over time, while the thick white outline and black shadows create the illusion of a sticker.

WOM Tattoo

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This WOM tattoo uses a traditional style with heavy black outlines and solid color fills, featuring a minimalistic color palette of blue, white, red, and green. The shading is light and minimal, focusing on maintaining clean edges and shapes. The use of strong lines and defined blocks of color reflects a neo-traditional influence while keeping the overall design clean and straightforward. Sadly, I was unable to fully locate this tattoo, and just pointed to the content creator that published it, so if you know who has this tattoo, please lemme know.

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