I was born with a big birthmark that went from my left forearm to my chest. A while ago I started a half sleeve to cover it up. We decided to just cover the birthmark and not the skin around it. We didn’t finish it as I had to leave the country so the colouring is about half done and some of the black has gone a bit patchy.

The two things I want to do are: Finish some of the coloring that is already there and fill in the space that we didn’t tattoo.

Firstly the roses were supposed to have orange around the edges,. If I get this done will this orange appear lighter than the skin below? Would it look better than it is now?

Secondly I quite like the open roses but I don’t like the open leaves. I don’t want to use green so i’m wondering is there a way to shade them to look better?

Lastly as you can see in the pic I have about half of my tricep, shoulder and elbow free. I’d like something floral but I don’t know what colours would look good on my skin tone next to the red. I’m thinking something black and grey. No lower than what’s already there. Any ideas?

Thanks