I’ve had this tattoo on my upper arm for 14 years. For the longest time, I’ve wanted to eventually complete a full sleeve.

I have a lot of ideas, and I want the forearm to have a different feel from the upper arm. The problem is figuring out how the hell to transition between the two.

I also have a bunch of random ideas and things that mean a lot to me that I’d love to somehow incorporate into the sleeve, but I have no idea how to make everything flow together without it looking like a collection of random tattoos.

I’m just not creative enough to visualize how to transition this piece so a full sleeve could work together, and the tattoo artists I’ve went to look at me like I’m a lost cause. Some things I’d like to add are the Mobile Suit Gundam face, the 4 Diablo 2 rune symbols (not the runes themselves) that spell Tal Thul Ort Amn, and so on, but these are small pieces of artwork that I want ‘hidden’ in the overall design. For example, on my chest I have an elephant and a camel, but in the saddle my parents names are smelled out as part of the stitching, and there’s a small dolphin and butterfly design to incorporate the favorite animals of others, but you wouldn’t notice these without me pointing it out.

This is what I’m trying to work out for my forearm and underarm (bicep), but get stumped at.

Help transitioning upper arm for complete sleeve