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Tattooing traumatizes the skin. I may look like a bruise before it heals, so don't worry about that. I had my inner thigh tattooed a couple of weeks ago. It looked WAY worse than that. 3 days later it looked like a bruise, now it looks like it is supposed to.

It will settle in a week or so.

I don't think there is anything wrong with getting one artist to do full cohesive and integrated pieces. Those tattoos are quite spectacular. I think though when you mix up styles, work with different tattooers you get a different experience and new perspectives. The tattoos become very collaborative between the receiver and the maker. You get to keep going on the neverending journey. You may make some mistakes, you may make great decisions, but the mash up of style and experience makes for very very interesting and real tattoo collections with many life lessons and realizations woven into your skin. You become a living quilt or "colouring book" as i say. At least that's what I'm going for.

Thats asking a lot from the artist and its a bit weird. I suggest thinking about what sleeve idea you're more ok with having on your leg. Since you really want both the ideas you have.

Topics of and/or subject matter for something as major as a sleeve shouldn't get much input from strangers . . . 🤐

My humble addition! It has a bit of glue (after second skin application) on it still.

mine is a bit different, but I got it well after she died. it's a minogame: a Japanese folk turtle with seaweed on its back, surrounded by waves and maple leaves. it represents felicity and longevity, and for me it represents my mother who liked fall and the ocean. death sucks, death sucks so much, but at least we can get nice tattoos

do NOT laser it. I think we all feel a little bummed when things don't turn out as we envision it, but that's why you have to trust your artist, and trust you made the right decision choosing your artist. kirin usually look the way you describe, with the legs sticking up at the back/in the air, and the head in the front. and they're a mythological animal, so....