Men are choosing sleeve tattoos in larger numbers these days, and might well be attributed to celebrities and athletes getting them. A sleeve tattoo is a tattoo which goes around the upper part of the arm from the elbow to the shoulder.

This is sometimes referred to as a half-sleeve tattoo while a tattoo which wraps around the arm and extends all the way down to the wrist is known as a full sleeve tattoo. If the tattoo starts from the elbow area to the wrist then this is called a quarter sleeve tattoo.