BertNaked – tbh that’s exactly what I’m thinking. Apart from a figure atop a cliff and the face busting through the clouds there’s a lot of ’empty’ space left.

I’ve had a little thought today that as the tattoo is being designed around the basis of taking a gamble sometimes pays off, sometimes doesn’t that maybe good and bad images could be incorporated to the top and bottom areas of the piece.
For example maybe crashing waves at the base of the cliff and something more pleasant towards the top. If the whole arm was based on a cliff a sunlit peaceful area could be created. Or maybe even have something good at the base and bad at the top?