Sleeve tattoo designs: a Japanese, a lion-and-clock and a botanical sleeve

A sleeve is planned on one tall sheet, the whole arm unrolled flat before the first session. These nine cover a Japanese koi-and-wave sleeve, a lion-and-clock black-and-grey sleeve, and a botanical fern sleeve, each shown as a stencil outline, black-and-grey wash, and finished color. Ask for a different theme in the same three stages.

• a planning sheet for a multi-session sleeve
• a reference to compare stencil and finished stages
• a print for a consultation with a sleeve artist
• a starting point for a half-sleeve request

Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?

Portrait A4 proportions, the whole arm laid out flat shoulder to wrist on one tall sheet.

Are these ready to tattoo?

They are planning designs, not stencils for direct transfer — an artist redraws the composition to the arm's actual proportions and books it across sessions.

Can I get a half sleeve instead?

Yes — that's what the direction field is for. Ask for a half sleeve and the composition redraws to that scope.

What do the three finishing stages show?

Stencil is the bare outline, black-and-grey is the wash stage, and full color is the finished tattoo — three points in how a sleeve actually gets built.

About toile

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.