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Just got this ship done by Daniel Albrigo at Port City tattoo in Long Beach

Another thought is to have the stems from the leaves and flower in my upper arm extend down a little more. 

Also, if you all could shed light on how you go about thinking about what to fit in where more generally, that'd be helpful. thanks!

Years later and I'm still wondering about how to fill in this arm, though I'm a lot less anxious. I just got a great traditional ship tattoo today done by Daniel Albrigo at Port City Tattoo in Long Beach. 

Now I'm trying to think about what to do with the gap between my Virgin Mary and the ship. One thought I had is to get a rosary that goes around the flowers i have on my upper arm, but i'm not sure if that will still leave too much space. Another thought I had was to get a butterfly knife. Attached are some very rough mockups of what each might look like, although i probably wouldn't get a rosary with beads that thick.

What do you all think-- or do I just need to make a choice and keep getting tattooed? 

@TrixieFaux I teach middle school special education.

and if anyone cares, its been two weeks and now I have no remorse at all about it. It already feels great and can only be better when its healed.

Cool, thanks for the replies, guys. Feeling plenty reassured. Now possibly thinking of getting a rosary around the flowers to bring things together a little bit (I'm getting ahead of myself, but it's a thought).

the guadalupe was done by Jason Mcafee at Temple Tattoo

Thanks for the replies. David, I could see myself opting to go either route, but just want to make sure it's not too late for either option that you just laid out.

If I was going to plan them, then I just want to know that a good tattooer would be able to figure out how to make everything flow.

If I was going to continue just getting semi-random tattoos, I guess I'd just have to understand that things will look more right as more of the arm gets covered.

I think right now the two pieces I do have are just in spots that don't really compliment each other particularly well by themselves.

How's it going everyone, my name is James and I'm originally from Southern California and recently moved the the Bay Area to work as a teacher.

I had only gotten one tattoo prior to moving up here, and am excited to be around so many great shops. However, I think I might have been a little too excited.

I just got my second tattoo yesterday and now feeling some remorse because it's on the same arm as my first, and right now they don't really flow together. In addition, they're both black and grey, but styles are different as my orchids are pretty soft. There's tons of empty arm space left (which also looks pretty awkward) so I'm thinking it'll be something that fixes itself as the arm gets filled up?

Any reassurance/advice on how to think about filling the rest of the arm? I want to proceed with caution as I continue to get work done.

Abridged Version:

Pics show what I have so far

Like both separately, but want advice on how to proceed with caution to make sure everything looks kosher as I continue to get more work done.