Raven tattoo ideas

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

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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 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 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 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
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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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 ink line drawing of a raven in profile, filled with swirling and scrolling ornamental patterns on a beige paper background.
Ornamental raven line drawing
Black and grey pen drawing of a wolf's head merging into a raven's wing, framed by a diamond outline and bare branches, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Wolf and raven wing design in a diamond frame
Sheet of black ink crow and raven silhouettes in varied flight and perching poses, drawn on white paper as tattoo flash.
Ink crow silhouettes flash sheet
Neo-traditional drawing of a red-haired woman with a feather headdress, a raven and an axe, shaded in black and grey with red hair.
Woman with raven and axe design
Black line drawing of a bird's head and claws woven into an interlaced Celtic knotwork pattern, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Knotwork bird line drawing
Black and grey realism drawing of a raven perched on a skull, with a scroll banner reading EXPENDABLE beneath it.
Raven perched on skull with banner
Black and grey ink drawing of a raven with spread wings perched on a goblet, a tattoo design shown as flash with no body placement.
Raven with spread wings on a chalice
Black ink traditional flash sheet on cream paper showing a raven, bat, black cat, pumpkin, coffin, broomstick, spiders and spider webs, with a £31 price marked in the centre.
Halloween flash sheet with bats, cats and spiders
Black ink drawing of a raven with wings spread in mid-flight on a white background, with loose, brushed edges and no body placement shown.
Flying raven in black ink
Black and grey illustration of a raven with a small red eye, its feathers dripping ink above an ink bottle labelled INK with its lid beside it.
Raven dripping ink over an ink bottle
White line-art design on a black background of two interlaced birds with knotwork patterns and fan-shaped tail feathers, in a blackwork style.
Interlaced twin birds knotwork design
Realistic black raven in flight with wings and tail breaking up into ink splatter, with fine red lines behind it, drawn as a tattoo design on a pale grey background.
Raven in flight dissolving into ink splatter
Neo-traditional flash design of a woman with flowing red hair, a golden skull, a raven and dark roses, drawn with bold outlines and rich colour.
Red-haired woman with skull and raven
Black ink dotwork drawing of a raven perched among leafy botanical branches with small white flowers, shown on cream paper with no body part visible.
Raven perched among leafy branches
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of the Bride of Frankenstein with two ravens, roses and a Never Say Die banner, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Bride of Frankenstein with ravens and roses
Black raven with a crescent moon, peach poppies and sunflowers arranged around a grey skull, drawn as a botanical tattoo design.
Raven perched on a skull with flowers
Pink flash sheet of black and pink gothic designs including a skull, werewolf head, skeleton, coffin, raven and eyes.
Gothic flash sheet with skulls, skeleton and creature
Black and white line drawing of a wolf head in profile with a solid black raven overlapping its neck, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Wolf and raven head design
Black and white design of two facing ravens with spiral eyes and wings, framed by Celtic knotwork in a circle, shown as a drawn tattoo design with no body part visible.
Twin ravens with spirals and knotwork
Flash sheet of horror tattoo designs in black and pink, including a skull, werewolf head, open mouth with fangs, skeleton, coffin, raven and creature head on a pink background.
Horror flash sheet with skulls, skeleton and coffin
Black ink flash drawings on tracing paper showing a pirate captain with a clock, a horned villainess, a raven and a figure with a skull, with no tattoo placement shown.
Pirate, horned figure and raven flash sheet
Pencil and ink sketch of a raven head with dotwork shading, set within overlapping triangles and circles, drawn as a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Geometric raven head design sketch
Black tribal-style raven design in profile with bold solid shapes and inward-curving linework on a smoky grey background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Tribal raven design
Black and cream stippled drawing of a horned devil and a seated skeleton raising goblets, with a raven on a tombstone and the words Memento mori below.
Devil and skeleton drinking, memento mori
Black and grey flash sheet of twelve pagan symbols labelled in white text, including a pentagram, triskelle, crescent moon, green man and raven.
Pagan designs flash sheet
Black and white design of a pentagram framed by five interlaced Celtic knotwork ravens, with a knotted star at its centre, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Celtic knot pentagram with five ravens
Black silhouette of a raven in flight with a distressed texture, above the script word Nevermore on a pale grey background.
Raven in flight above the word Nevermore
Pink flash sheet of black and pink horror designs including a skeleton, werewolf head, coffin, raven, snake, bats, eyes and a severed hand.
Horror flash sheet with skeleton and werewolf
Black silhouette of a raven perched on a thin curving branch above the word Nevermore in flowing script, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Raven on a branch above Nevermore script
Bold black silhouette of a stylised bird in flight facing left, with spiral wing tips and white line details, shown as a flash design.
Stylised black bird with spiral wings
Black and grey geometric illustration of two crows in flight, one rising upward and one diving, built from angular torn-paper style facets, shown on a plain white background.
Two flying crows in faceted black and grey
Black and grey flash design of two mirrored crows above blue-grey lilies, an eye and a jawbone, set within dotted geometric circles and lines, with no body placement shown.
Mirrored birds, lilies and eye design