Are these shown on an arm?

No. Each design is a flat drawing on a tall white sheet, laid out as if the arm were unrolled.

What is the difference between the three styles?

Fine line is one thin, even stroke with no shading. Bold line has thick black outlines and solid black fills. Dotwork is a thin outline with shading built from dots.

Can I ask for a different subject?

Yes. Type the subject you want, such as a koi, and the design keeps the tall, connected sleeve layout and the same three styles.

How big should the design be?

These are drawings with no scale on a body. Your tattoo artist sizes the piece to your arm.

Are the designs in colour?

No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

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Half sleeve tattoo designs: tiger and bamboo, peonies, ship and lighthouse

Half sleeve tattoos — a Japanese tiger crouching among bamboo stalks, wind bars sweeping behind it and maple leaves falling, single-needle fine line work of one even thin weight, the shapes left open and no shading at all

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Reading 1Tiger and bamboo

Reading 2Peonies

Reading 3Ship and lighthouse

Designs for a half sleeve, one connected picture covering the arm from shoulder to elbow or elbow to wrist. Three subjects, each in three styles: a Japanese tiger crouching among bamboo, large peonies filling the whole space, and a tall ship in big waves with a lighthouse on the rocks. Each is drawn on a tall white sheet, as if the arm were unrolled. Type a different subject and the same styles carry it.

a reference for a tattoo artist
a tall wall print
a sketch to trace by hand
a set of full-arm pictures to compare

Frequently asked questions

Are these shown on an arm?: No. Each design is a flat drawing on a tall white sheet, laid out as if the arm were unrolled.
What is the difference between the three styles?: Fine line is one thin, even stroke with no shading. Bold line has thick black outlines and solid black fills. Dotwork is a thin outline with shading built from dots.
Can I ask for a different subject?: Yes. Type the subject you want, such as a koi, and the design keeps the tall, connected sleeve layout and the same three styles.
How big should the design be?: These are drawings with no scale on a body. Your tattoo artist sizes the piece to your arm.
Are the designs in colour?: No. Every design is black ink on white paper.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.