Designing a sleeve for a small arm

[thatjazz]

I'm starting the process of coming up with the concept for a future sleeve. The plan is basically comic book characters depicted in art nouveau style. The problem is that I have really tiny arms. I'm a 5'2" female, and even for that size, my arms are just dainty. Does anyone have tips for designing sleeves for small arms? I was thinking I'd have to be limited to two or three major focal points (so 2 or 3 scenes or characters) and the rest would be background filler, because otherwise everything would be too small. But really in an ideal world I'd love to be able to fit 10-15 characters.

Also, currently looking for an artist for this piece, if anyone has any recommendations for artists in the NYC area who might be suited to this.