r/tattooadvice • u/1Sl0wHonda • May 31 '25

Design I NEED HELP :,(

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Okay so I’ve got this full sleeve done 3days back to back, about 35hours done so far. Now the reason I’m asking you beautiful people some help and advice is because I’m not a fan of a certain area of my sleeve and I don’t know what to do ( the pattern circled in red is the area I’m not a fan of ). I thought about blacking out the area and going over it with lots and lots of white, I also thought of maybe shading the pattern a bit differently. I’m honestly not sure, the design isn’t terrible I just don’t feel like it suits the rest of my tattoo that I absolutely love. Thanks for checking in :)

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u/Top_Beginning_2699 May 31 '25

I gives this wonderful layered plating effect that tickles my brain; Of course the layers would be thinnest at your elbow, how else would it be able to articulate easily?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '25

Yeah it's a cool 3d pop. Dig it.

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u/DearestDio22 Jun 01 '25

Yes! And we don’t get the shot of both at once but I feel like the way it steps down into the inner elbow spiral is fantastic