Raven tattoo ideas

167 photos and flash · 38% Realism, 16% Blackwork · Upper arm most common

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Black and grey realistic raven tattoo with spread wings across the upper back and shoulder blade of a person seen from behind.
Realistic raven with spread wings on a back
Black and grey realistic raven tattoo perched on a branch across the upper arm.
Raven perched on a branch on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a black raven beside red poppies and green leaves on a person's upper thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Raven and red poppies on a thigh
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a raven and a woman's face on the inner forearm.
Raven and woman sketch on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven perched on a grey skull, with red flowers and green leaves, on a lower leg.
Raven on a skull with red flowers on a calf
Pencil drawing of a raven above a wolf's head with a Celtic knot between them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Raven, Celtic knot and wolf design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with flowing hair and birds above, sitting on the upper thigh.
Sugar skull woman on thigh
Realism tattoo of two ravens perched on branches with small red berries, wrapping around the upper arm and shoulder.
Ravens and red berries on an upper arm
Black linework flash design of a raven with spread wings, decorated with spiralling Celtic knot patterns on its wings and body.
Celtic knot raven in flight
Black and grey realistic raven with pink roses tattooed across a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Raven and roses across a back
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a skull, two roses, a raven, a rosary, a cross and a pocket watch, in a realistic shaded style.
Skull, roses and raven tattoo design
Black ink tattoo of a flying raven whose wing turns into bare tree branches, shaded in blackwork and realism style across the ribs.
Raven with a bare tree wing on the ribs
Black and grey stippled drawing of a raven perched before iron bars, with a rose and curling vine above, designed as a tattoo flash.
Raven and rose in a stippled oval
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red ribbons and a banner reading CONSIDER THE RAVEN, on the upper arm.
Raven with Consider the Raven banner
Black ink silhouette of a raven with spread wings and talons tucked below, drawn with ragged brushed edges on a pale grey background.
Raven in flight silhouette
Black and grey realism raven tattoos on both forearms, with a small fine line fleur-de-lis above the left wrist.
Two raven tattoos on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a horned woman with a raven perched on her horns and dark leaves below, on a forearm, in a realism and blackwork style.
Horned woman and raven on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of two ravens in flight, their wings merging with bare branches, on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Ravens in flight merging with bare branches
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's back showing two bearded warriors, one in a helmet with a chain mail collar, with a raven, an axe and stormy clouds, extending onto the upper arms.
Norse warriors and raven across a full back
Pencil sketch of a raven head in a geometric dotwork style, with fragmented triangles and circle construction lines, drawn in a spiral sketchbook.
Geometric raven head design in pencil
Black ink brushstroke raven perched on a branch across a man's upper back, with a small symbol tattoo on his neck.
Brushstroke raven on a branch across the back
Black and grey traditional-style flash drawing of a crow in profile, with white bands across its body and head and stippled shading on the feathers.
Crow with banded body in traditional style
Black and grey realism tattoo of a raven perched on a bare branch that wraps down the lower leg towards the ankle.
Raven perched on a branch on the lower leg
Colour tattoo of a shaded skull with a gear over one eye, two crows and red lilies on an upper arm, set against red and black ink splashes.
Skull, crows and lilies on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three ravens wrapped around a central eyeball with yellow lightning bolts and stars, across the outer thigh.
Ravens, eye and lightning on a thigh
Black and grey realistic design of two ravens perched above a pocket watch with roses and thorny vines, shown as a standalone drawing rather than on skin.
Ravens, pocket watch and roses design
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an angel with wings, a robed bearded saint, a raven and a clock face with Roman numerals.
Angel, saint and clock full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of an upside-down raven wrapped in chain beneath a pocket watch and smoke, shown on the upper arm.
Upside-down raven and pocket watch
Black and grey realistic drawing of a raven in profile, with fine smoke-like swirls curling around it on a white background.
Realistic raven with smoke swirls
Solid black flying raven with spread wings, drawn in a painterly blackwork style on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Flying raven silhouette in black
Line drawing of two ravens in green and blue ink, each with a column of runic characters across its body, shown as a tattoo design without placement.
Two ravens with runes
Side by side photos of two colour portrait tattoos of a moustached man with a raven and a feather, on a limb, in realism and neo-traditional styles.
Two gothic portraits of a moustached man with a raven
Black and grey raven tattoo on the calf, with stippled dotwork shading on its head and wing and dark strands trailing downwards.
Raven with dissolving roots on a calf
Black silhouette design of a tree of life inside a circular Celtic knotwork border, with two ravens on a branch and a horse and rider figure.
Tree of life with ravens and Celtic knotwork
A labelled chart of eleven black line and solid symbols on a teal to yellow gradient, including a pentagram, spiral, triquetra, tree of life and Eye of Horus.
Pagan and occult symbol reference chart
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a horned figure in a long cloak with a raven on its shoulder, framed in a circle on the thigh.
Horned figure and raven on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Maleficent beside a black raven inside a thorny frame, on a lower leg.
Maleficent and raven on a calf
Two mirrored black and grey raven tattoos with sketchy linework and dotwork shading, one on each thigh.
Twin raven tattoos on thighs
Black and grey realistic raven with spread wings tattooed on a man's left ribs, with his shirt lifted to show it.
Raven tattoo on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red roses and a beaded arc on the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a black top.
Traditional raven and red roses on upper arm
Coloured drawing of a raven perched on a skull among red roses, with a bee and a blue butterfly, in a detailed botanical realism style.
Raven, skull and roses design
Neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a hooded, blindfolded woman with a black raven, a hand holding rope and an orange crescent moon.
Blindfolded woman and raven on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bird with spread wings and talons gripping a branch, on the upper arm.
Diving bird on an upper arm
Four black ink circular designs on a grey background, showing a snake on a staff, a hare, a toad and a raven on a branch, each surrounded by symbols.
Four circular designs with snake, hare, toad and raven
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black raven in front of an orange sunburst, with a red rose and an eye inside a triangle on a forearm, shown in three views.
Raven, rose and eye on a forearm
Black flash design of a knotwork raven in flight, with interlaced Celtic-style patterns across its wings and body and a thin white outline.
Knotwork raven in flight
Black and grey realism tattoo of a raven with wings spread across the shoulder, shown in four photographs from different angles.
Raven with spread wings on a shoulder
Black ink line drawing of a raven in profile, filled with swirling and scrolling ornamental patterns on a beige paper background.
Ornamental raven line drawing