Sleeve Tattoo Designs

One of the most common placement of tattoos is on the biceps or arms. We generally call them arm tattoos. But their real name is sleeve tattoos. Any tattoo that is done on the arm or leg, and covers a significant area, just like a sleeve, is called as a sleeve tattoo. There are mainly three different types of sleeve tattoos; full sleeve tattoos, half sleeve tattoos and quarter sleeve tattoos. The tattoo which covers the whole arm or leg is known as the full sleeve tattoo. Similarly, half sleeve tattoo designs covers the hand from shoulder to elbow or from elbow to the wrist. On the leg this tattoo design is made from thigh to knee or from knee to ankle. Quarter sleeves are the smallest of sleeve tattoos as they cover the area between shoulder to bicep. Generally, one whole tattoo is preferred for sleeve designs, but you can also connect two or three small tattoos to make one sleeve tattoo. Following are the most popular sleeve tattoo designs.

Sleeve Tattoo Designs

Tribal Sleeve Tattoo Designs
Face tattoos or back tattoos, tribal tattoos have gained popularity in every category. Sleeve tattoos are no exceptions to it! Tribal sleeve tattoos designs are the most demanded designs! There are couple of reasons for it, one being the black ink used to make tribal tattoos, this thick black ink makes tribal tattoos stand out. Other reason is that these tattoos cover a large expanse, which makes it the first choice when it comes to arm sleeve tattoos as it becomes easier to have one single tattoo from shoulder to wrist than connecting several small tattoos. Polynesian tattoos are the preferred type of tribal sleeve tattoos. There are several styles of Polynesian tattoos like the Samoan, Maori, Tribal dragon tattoos, Hawaiian etc. Tribal design is generally preferred for full sleeve tattoo design.

Japanese Sleeve Tattoo Designs
Japanese sleeve tattoo designs are also quite popular. Japanese people for their dragon tattoos from centuries. But besides dragon tattoos, there are number of sleeve tattoo designs available for both men and women. Some of the most popular are:

• Koi Fish Tattoos: These tattoos are particularly popular in women as the koi fish tattoos have a blue water background with a dazzling orange koi fish on it. There are many koi fish tattoo designs available. Not only for their color, koi fish tattoos for women are also famous for their meaning. More on koi fish tattoos and their meanings.
• Dragons: These tattoos are famous among men. It is obvious that dragon sleeve tattoo design depicts an entire dragon. It is generally made in black color, but if you want to make it more ferocious, you can have it made in red and black.
• Hannya Masks: Hannya masks sleeve tattoo designs are evil looking woman, who is believed to be a demon. Hannya masks have lot of importance in the Japanese culture as it is believed that they ward off evil.
• Samurai: Samurai tattoos look royal. The designs depict a samurai fighting a battle against the evil, and that it is the reason why they are so popular among men. Samurai tattoos are one of the arm sleeve tattoos.

There are a few other Japanese arm sleeve tattoo designs like the floral tattoos or cherry blossoms tattoos, which are famous among women.

Celtic Sleeve Tattoo Designs
Celtic sleeve tattoo designs are done in spirals, knots, loops and triangles. Every Celtic design tattoo is interconnected. The knots and the spirals form an intricate design, and symbolize never ending circle of faith and love. One of the latest Celtic sleeve design is the 'claddagh'. The claddagh features a heart, which crowned and held by a pair of hands. It is one of the most famous heart tattoos for women.

Floral Sleeve Tattoo Designs
Last but not the least are the flower tattoo designs, which are the first choice of any women in tattoo designs! Bright colors can be used in floral tattoos, you can also feature vines along with flowers. Along with flower and vines, you can also feature butterflies or cherries in your floral tattoo! This design is also famous because it can be done right from the shoulder to the wrist.

Now you can have the most beautiful sleeve tattoo with the help of these sleeve tattoo designs! But do not forget to take tattoo care, if you want to be famous for your tattoo and not for tattoo infection!