Men’s Tattoo Sleeve

The male tattoo sleeve covers the entire arm with a pattern and creates the effect of a real fabric sleeve with a pattern.

It is usually made by men who want to give their look some severity, audacity and even brutality. Tattoos on the arm are also inked to cover up scars or some skin imperfections. It is not easy to decide on such tattoo, as the whole arm will be covered and it will be quite difficult to hide it.

The sleeve is a special kind of tattoo for men, which is made in two variants.

The first is one large tattoo on the whole arm. The second is a lot of small drawings, which should be united by the theme and style creating a single plot. To make such project, men must take into account several features: time, design and professionalism of artist.

The sleeve tattoo is very difficult to do. You should have sufficient endurance and pain threshold to choose it. The time to complete the tat can last up to a year. It depends on how arm would heal. In addition, inking even a part of the tattoo is divided into several sessions in one day. To get a high-quality tattoo, you need to choose the artist who can consult you before starting work, and then, if necessary, make an adjustment. Depending on the size of the applied pattern, the men’s tattoo sleeve is divided into several types:

• Full arm sleeve;
• Sleeve from wrist to elbow.

The feature of the sleeve tattoo on the whole arm is a holistic pattern from the shoulder to the wrist.

A large surface allows you to ink a special pattern with the meaning. But at the same time, it is important to think about how the tattoo will be combined with casual style or work clothes.

The design of a men's tattoo on the whole arm needs to be well designed right from the beginning, because then it would be difficult to connect two different designs, organically connect the lines. To do this, you can use ready-made photos from the site or develop an individual sketch with the artist. The main rule here is the integrity and uniform style of the tattoo.

You can also supplement a previously inked drawing, but in this case it is not always possible to combine everything into a single picture.

Today, the studio can offer a large number of cool ideas for men's tattoo sleeves, which are performed in different styles.

Their choice depends on the preference of the client. Modern men most often ink drawings in the style of realism or, as they also call it, biomechanics. In such tattoos, you can see the image of both animals and the faces of girls. Their peculiarity is that they are copied from a photograph.

Another style that has not lost popularity over the years is geometry. In the tattoo sleeve, rhombuses, squares and triangles add up to a composition with meaning. Such simple figures can be depicted both in abstract forms and in quite organic ones - drawings of animals or plants.

Sketches for graphics are first drawn on the picture with a simple pencil. The basis of this pattern is black lines that smoothly turn into shades. The peculiarity of the graphics is that such a tattoo seems to be made in the old style.

Drawing on the arm of crosses, angels, as well as images of saints is called Chicano.

This style is called the most masculine. There are many thin graceful lines, halftones and contrast in such a drawing.

Sleeve tattoos in the Polynesian style are often drawn along with the symbolism of the Maori tribe. Sacred species of animals or the sun with geometric figures are intertwined here into one integral canvas on the hand.

If you can’t decide on the design of the sleeve tattoo on your own, you always can view the photos on the studio’s website.

The sleeve from the wrist to the elbow is convenient to ink for those who need to hide their tattoo from time to time.

The drawing up to the elbow is not bulky; it is easier to choose a composition here. Half of the arm has less space for tattooing, so individual figures are often small. Such a project is not long-term.