Thanks never noticed that. They are up there now.

Thanks, this is a huge help and now Japanese sleeves are starting to make more sense to me. It makes sense when you break it down in to elements. Well I am just looking to have a quarter sleeve on the lower inner arm only for now but I hope to then develop it in to a proper sleeve in the future. I am nowhere near financially set up to afford a full one so ideally I would like to get part of it now and build it in the future rather than have to wait a few years to begin it. One theme I see on many Japanese sleeves it the sort of wavey effect which usually fills out the background in between the more personalized designs like dragon or flowers. I want to customize mine to have dead flowers such as on the link below so I guess I am not looking for traditional Japanese work but more to incorporate it as a backdrop. Since I am looking to get the work done around stars that are already on my arm it will definitely not be a traditional Japanese piece. I am assuming this is common enough though that people use the Japanese theme while not getting a truly traditional piece done?

(link to dead flowers)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2JIxITMTV8/TKr6eFG_cSI/AAAAAAAAAIY/QsbDTcwdF5g/s1600/dead-flowers.jpg

The other two are on the same arm in sort of a row going up the inner arm but not in line with each other. The 2nd is on the upper forearm and the 3rd is on the the inside bicep on upper arm.

Sorry, don’t have a pic so I guess my question is very vague. The 3rd star is on the forearm and is about 2 inches wide so pretty small.

Thanks, sorry I thought a half-sleeve was from above the shoulder to the elbow. Yeah I want to get it done proper the whole way around the arm but money is a bit if a factor at the moment. I think $500 max would be all I could afford to put in to a tattoo at the moment. I am gonna be in New York for the whole summer and was really hoping to get some work done while there. I was thinking though, what if I got say half the upper arm done and the rest at some other time? Is this advisable since most likely it would be a totally different artist finishing it off? I guess if I was only to get half my upper arm and not the full way around, then I could afford the work. My arms are also pretty short and I’m not very muscle bound 😀 I’m guessing half the area might be around 6 inches, dunno am bad as guessing measurement.