If you know you eventually want a sleeve, or if you’re going full-sleeve right out the gate, then Gualteros recommends starting at the shoulder. From there, you’ll work your way down the arm. “If someone came to me and let me do whatever I wanted, I’d start from the top with something that fits the body,” he says.
Likewise, people ask, can you turn any tattoo into a sleeve?
Extending Individual Tattoos Into a Sleeve. Use the negative space on your skin as contrast if you have a lot of ink. … Consult your tattoo artist to see what they would do to fill in the remaining sections of your skin. They’ll have a lot of experience turning smaller pieces into a full sleeve.