It’ll work just fine. If you look at Shige’s work you’ll see a lot of grey wash shading under the color. It’ll probably have a lot of depth to it. More so than traditional Japanese styles, but I like Shige’s style better than true traditional stuff anyway.

thanks for clearing that up.

so…. no ACTUAL advice then, just being pedantic?

i have no advice for the OP, as i don’t know enough on the subject, so i wouldn’t comment at all.

why don’t you try that approach, rather than just being some sort of terminology

i don’t care if i get banned for this, (cos i’ve only been here a few weeks and i can see that this is like most forums where most members would rather be rude than helpful), but you are an almighty tool.

so many of your posts are just rude for the sake of it, or at the very least caustic.

It’s pretty bad ass, that’s what it is. That close to the arm pit is torture. Plus, it’s a very well done tattoo.

why are some people so stubborn on what a half-sleeve is. yea i can see if it doesnt wrap around or whatever else but this looks like a half sleeve to me and if its a little smallere than a what youd expect it to be, who gives a fuck…. sorry but getting onto the tattoo. Yes it would be simple to add color, some artists will do the whole piece in B n G then add color to add more depth and so on as David also said.

guys there’s no need to get funny, its Wardy, nuff said, he’s a problem child lol he’s a very sweet kid really 😉

i think the tattoo will be fine to add colour, there’s a lot you could do with it if you wanted, you could even extend it if you wanted as it looks pretty open 🙂 good luck x

That’s funny, because I’ve noticed some people on here are just overly sensitive little babies that can’t handle honest feedback and opinions.

I would call that closer to a 1/4 sleeve then a half

The work looks nice crisp and clean. Congrats.