This is what the sleeve looks, made from the pattern with the "ears" that I posted a bit earlier.
No pleat across in sight. Perhaps the hint of a pucker but nothing more. This is even the second draft version with a raised central section but still not a good enough horizontal pleat.
At some point I'll re-do the pattern, and/or try this in a different bit of fabric.
Very interesting learning experience.

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Another sleeve design I drafted. This is the one I started my sleeve shape journey with. I had loads of fun drafting this! Inspiration pic printed from the Internet on the right. It also shows the shape of the sleeve pattern piece. It looked challenging but do'able.
The central shape with the curve for the top of the sleeve head turned out not to be tall enough, I couldn't get the horizontal pleat with this. Will post my V2 pic when I find it.

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