Free raven SVG files

Sizes, materials and the thin parts of a raven

A raven is a solid black bird, which is why it cuts so well in a single colour: the whole design is the outline. Every file is 100 mm on its longer side. On the raven silhouette the legs are the narrowest part, about 3 mm wide above the foot, and the toes lie flat on the ground line so that the bird can stand on a shelf edge, a sign or a layered scene. Vinyl and card hold that down to about 50 mm. In 3 mm plywood keep the bird at 90 mm or taller, or use the raven on a crescent moon, where the legs are backed by the moon.

The flying raven and the raven with spread wings have parted feathers at the wing tips. Each one tapers to a rounded end about 2 mm wide, so weed along the feather from the body outwards. The raven tree has thin branch ends: cut it at 100 mm or larger.

Raven or crow

A raven is the biggest of the crow family: it has a heavier bill, shaggy feathers at the throat and a tail that ends in a wedge, where a crow has a fan. From a distance the two are drawn the same way, so the cawing bird on a post and the flock can stand for either. These are all birds from life. None is a team emblem or a character from a story.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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