Sleeves & Large-Scale
Custom sleeve tattoos and large-scale black and gray work in San Diego by Fabio Fontinelle
A sleeve is not twelve tattoos stitched together — it is one composition designed for the way your arm moves. Fabio starts every large-scale project with the full limb: flow around muscle, focal points where the eye lands first, background tones that tie it all together. Full sleeves, leg sleeves, chest panels and back pieces, built over multiple sessions at his Bay Park studio in San Diego.
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Designing a sleeve
Large-scale work is where Fabio's 20+ years show most. Every sleeve, back piece and leg sleeve begins as one drawing built around your anatomy — how the composition wraps, where it breathes, how the background tones tie each element together. Projects run over multiple sessions with healing time between, and Fabio takes on a limited number of large-scale commissions at a time. The consultation at his Bay Park studio on Morena Blvd covers design, session count, deposits and a realistic timeline — bring your references and leave with a plan.
