Dove and Stairway to Heaven Chicano Upper Arm

A chicano tattoo of dove with clouds, plus smaller details: stairway, hanging sneakers, flying birds, placed on the upper arm. Done in black and grey. By Plata at Arrow & Sword.

Composition:🧩 Led by dove, with cloudsⓘThe main elements of the picture in order of visual weight — what takes up most of it comes first. TatSeek’s estimate from the photo, not a measurement. How we know →Subject:🐾 Animals🐦 Bird🔱 Symbols & Objects🏛️ Buildings & Architecture🌿 Nature & Plants☁️ Clouds & Smoke
Style:🎭 Chicano
Size:💪 Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)Complexity:ⓘHow detailed the piece is, separate from its size. More detail means more hours, so it moves the price as much as size does. How we know → 😥 ComplexPlacement:🦾 Upper ArmColor:🩶 Black & Grey↕️ Vertical📏 ≈44 cm (33–72)ⓘMeasured from what’s visible in the photo — a hand, wrist, joint or limb of known average size — not taken from the studio. About ±15% when confident; it can be off when the tattoo wraps around the limb. The studio quotes the final size and price. How we know →MoodⓘHow the piece feels — cute, dark, fierce, romantic… Read from what it shows and how it’s drawn: the same character can be fierce in realism and funny in a cartoon style. An estimate, not the artist’s label. How we know → 🕯️ Spiritual🌧️ MelancholicInkⓘThe ink colours in this tattoo and roughly how much of the inked area each takes, read from the photo. Only colours we are fairly sure of; glare and bare skin are not counted as white. How we know → ⚫ Black 55%🩶 Grey 45%DetailⓘHow much work goes into each square centimetre — line only, fill, shading or realistic texture, how dense, how many colour blends, how precise. It does not depend on size: a small realistic rose and a big one have the same detail. Detail and size together drive the time and the price. How we know → ✏️ DetailedDefined byⓘWhat makes this piece recognisable — the subject, the style, the colour, the text or the mood — in shares of 100. Worked out from what is in the tattoo, not a separate opinion. A pure pattern has no subject; a style we have no name for counts as none. How we know → subject 70% · style 15% · mood 15%PainⓘHow much this part of the body usually hurts (1–5) and how it heals, from the TatSeek pain map. Everyone feels it differently. How we know → ⚡ Mild (2/5) · healing: easy🔬 TatSeek Vision Scan v4ⓘHow this photo was described. TatSeek Vision Scan v4: every element with its share of the piece, plus mood, a size measured against the body, any readable text, the ink colours and how detailed the work is. Scan v3: elements and shares only. Tags only: an older upload, not scanned yet. How we know →📍 Seattle, United States

Estimated time: 21–37 hours, 5–8 sessionsⓘA planning range for a piece of this size and detail — from the studio’s published prices, or our estimate if it hasn’t confirmed them. The artist sets the final time and price after a consultation. How we know →

Estimated price for this size & complexity: $3000–$4000

This estimate is narrowed from Plata's price range using this tattoo's complexity — not a quote. For an exact quote, send us a message or call +1 425-892-0618