Sleeve & large-scale tattoos in Bali

A sleeve is not just a collection of tattoos — it is a composition. Every panel needs to relate to the next: the flow of the design, the balance of dark and light, the way shapes move with the muscle beneath. This kind of thinking is what separates a great sleeve from a patchwork of unrelated pieces.

At Samadhi we plan large-scale projects in full before the first needle touches skin. We discuss theme, reference, negative space and session order. Whether you are starting from scratch or continuing an existing sleeve begun elsewhere, we map the whole journey — then execute it session by session without rushing any single stage. A full sleeve is priced by the hour (1,500,000 IDR with a resident artist, 2,500,000 with our top artist) and quoted individually after a consultation — for visitors from Australia that is a fraction of what a comparable sleeve costs at home, which is why many plan a tattoo trip to Bali around a large-scale project.