Art Raffle Reviews

This is a great app! Really well thought out and executed. Eni and Alan have outdone themselves. Brilliant when you can’t decide what to tangle next, or are just looking for an idea or two. Art Raffle can decide for you, but you’re always free to reject one or all the suggestions. I like to challenge myself and let it decide, even if it’s a tangle I don’t like, or feel I’m no good at. And then sometimes I reject repeatedly until each one just feels right! The step-outs are so convenient, and I particularly love the links to examples of each one. Perfect to get those creative juices flowing! By the way, if you’re wondering if her classes are worth it, don’t hesitate. I’ve learned SO much from Eni’s techniques, guidance, suggestions. She’s an encouraging, detailed teacher who clearly loves what she does. Thank you, Eni, for teaching me so much. Always excited to see what comes next!

If you love to create art and draw, you'll definitely want to have ArtRaffle. ArtRaffle helps me every time I use it. It's easy to use, graphics are clear, examples are wonderful, and all around 5 star help with learning how to draw some tangles.
I also love how I can group the tangles, strings, and techniques so I can focus on a group of similar drawings at the same time.
Thank you Alan and Eni for such an awesome app!

Thank you, Alan Thompson and Eni Oken, for this wonderful tool for Tangling. In addition to helping me overcome that “blank page fear” where I don’t know where to start, I am also a terrible paper record organizer. Now I don’t have to dig through stacks of old notes to find patterns and techniques. It’s all right in the palm of my hand! Yay!

I just completed a Zoom call with Eni and many other tanglers where we were taught, by the genius-mother of Art Raffle herself, how to use this very fine tool.

As someone who developed software for a fort-decade (is that a thing?), I have an idea what it took to bring this dream to life. The interface is a friendly, the cards are spectular, and the implementation is just grand.

Thank you to Eni and fiancé Alan for giving this to the world. I doubt I’ll ever struggle again for ideas because this tool is the universe, dressed up as the two of you, handing out idea and idea in magnificent abundance!

Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️❤️❤️

Eni Oken is a brilliant Certified Zentangle Teacher©️

ArtRaffle is so fun to go through. Create endless combinations of tangles! You can have the raffle randomly select, tangles, enhancers and strings, or go through a guided practice. It’s flexible and fun! In addition, you flip the card, if you like the tangle, keep it or switch it for a new one. In addition, flip the card and there is the step out and links to even further discoveries!

Quanteed, you will love ArtRaffle! It is easy to use and a wonderful resource for any level of learning to create beautiful tangles!

Thank you Eni! This is a winner!

Lorie Fossa, Certified Zentangle Teacher©️

I’ve been tangling for years and I use ArtRaffle when I feel a creative block. I often learn a new pattern or find a string I’ve never thought of using. The examples of various elements are so inspiring. If you are new to tangling or have been tangling for a long time, I recommend this user-friendly and inspiring app.

ArtRaffle is incredible, I like to use it as prompts to draw tangles but I also find that if I’m looking for a type of tangle say floral, ribbon or leaf, I can type it in the search and there are so many choices. I love when I find a new to me tangle that the step out is on the flip side. Great app and it’s free which is even better. Thank you!!!

I love ArtRaffle! If you are stuck trying to start a new Zentangle project, ArtRaffle is for you. 8 opportunities to get random prompts to start a project. If you don’t recall how to draw the tangle, the back of the tile has a step out and often an example. If you don’t want the random tile, swipe up and a new tile is provided. Easy to use and saves me time. Love the enhancers and the strings. Thank you!

This is the best app I have ever used. It is user friendly and has so many tangles, and they keep adding cards. I like the fact that you have a choice to go through the list or let it pick randomly the designs. There are eight spots to fill. You decide if you want all 8 designs or less one being a string. It is a good way to improve composition. I love it! Carmen Clayton

This is a great app to help you come up with ideas for making beautiful tangles. You can combine strings, tangles, fillers, etc. There are instructions for each, it’s easy to swap out an option, and you can save the whole set of you’d like. It’s a great tool for providing inspiration or breaking you out of a rut where you use the same tangles over and over. Updates are made as needed too. Great app.

ArtRaffle makes drawing Tangles, understanding how to utilize tangle enhancers, color, shading and lots of extras super easy. It allows you to randomize options and to pick and choose. You can save your favorites. Plus you can save sets of choices for the future! Gives an incredible amount of inspiration as you might not choose some of the options shown! A super plus for me....
And to top it all off IT IS COMPLETELY FREE!! What more could you want?
The design has been carefully thought out and is art fully designed and I love that it takes my drawing practice to a portable level as we do travel and this will eliminate a good deal of “stuff” that I usually bring.
If I could give ArtRaffle 100 stars it couldn’t deserve it more!
Take a chance, learn something new and enter the world os Zentangle.

If you haven’t downloaded ArtRaffle then you are missing an incredible tool for your artistic and creative talents. If your a Tangler, then you’ve got to, got to get ArtRaffle. This is an amazing and delightfully easy way to get inspired to sit down and get your zen flowing. Eni took all the work out of getting inspired. ArtRaffle covers tangles, techniques, tips, tools, examples, so many choices, so little time. But then you can save your favorite combinations to revisit if you just want a comfort project.

Eni Oken and Alan Thomson are a dream team of creativity and kindness. ArtRaffle that they developed together is a fun and intuitive tool to inspire and support tanglers of any level of skill and experience. I appreciate the flexible features that showcase the rich resources that Eni has developed over her years as an artist and teacher. As a CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher™️), I am delighted to recommend Art Raffle to my students to utilize and enjoy throughout their Zentangle®️ journey. Thank you, Eni and Alan, for this thoughtful and generous gift. I encourage all who love Zentangle to download ArtRaffle and give it a whirl!

ArtRaffle is in conjunction with Eni’s Raffle game art lesson but this a lot more convenient because I can take with me anywhere I go. If I am stuck or have an art block I can turn to ArtRaffle and it will give me inspiration every single time. And the best thing, she has offered ArtRaffle to anyone as a gift for what Zentangle has done for her in her life. What a beautiful gesture. Eni has done a lot for me and many others through her wonderful lessons through the Art Club. I would definitely recommend ArtRaffle.

What a game-changer! This is an amazing tool for Zentangle artists. There are over 160 “cards” that randomly pop up when a + is tapped. These cards give ideas for tangle patterns, backgrounds, artistic enhancements and more. Each graphically pleasing card can be swiped to flip it over to discover steps for how to draw it, beautiful examples, etc. These can be arranged in decks and saved to be used to inspire your own artwork. There is also an amazing search tool to find the cards. This enables you to search for tangles and techniques by name. The clean graphics and intuitive design make it a pleasure to play with!

Here are a few of my reasons for LOVING ArtRaffle:

1. Encourages me to try tangles I don't use often
2. Stepouts at my fingertips!
3. Samples let me see different ways to use the tangle in situ
4. Helps me think beyond the tangle itself with Tangle Enhancers, like suggestions to Add Gold, make something 3D , use Colored Pencils, add Rim Light, and many more
5. Gets me started with string suggestions

If you enjoy tangling for the Zen flow, ArtRaffle is for you - it takes away the "empty-slate" anxiety and gets you going right away.

If you enjoy tangling for the artistic and technical challenges of drawing, ArtRaffle is for you - it pushes you gently out of your comfort zone to enhance your drawings and try new things.

Excited to use this on the "big screen" of my MacBook! Thank you, Eni and Alan, for continuing to up YOUR game by adding new raffle cards, launching on more platforms, and asking for suggestions. We appreciate your generous contribution to the tangling community!

Whether you are a new tangler or one with years of experience, including as a CZT, you will love ArtRaffle! So many times, I have simply blanked on what tangle patterns to use, or which pattern to learn next. ArtRaffle can help you select while simultaneously providing the stepout and ideas for usin it. It’s all in the “cards”!
ArtRaffle comes with over 150 tangle patterns already on it, with promises from Eni Oken to expand with even more patterns in the near future. But what’s great in this version is that you can customize “decks” to contain whatever combination of tangles, strings, and techniques.
For tanglers at any level, this is the best tool ever!

Art Raffle is an absolutely wonderful resource! It looks a being constantly updated and expanded. It may not have as many tangles on it as certain websites have yet. BUT not only does it have tangles and strings, but it has enhancers, fillers, techniques. It has guided option for when you just want someone else to pick, or freeform where you can guide yourself. And each and every option not only comes with instructions, but also comes with picture and links to projects that Eni Oken has done using that tangle etc. And more often than not there are several examples. Just a fabulous tool. Best resource out there.

Amazing and very thoughtfully designed app for anyone who loves Zentangle. Whether you are a novice or you have been tangling for years, this Art Raffle offers inspiration for everyone. Not only does it help to stimulate your creative juices with ideas, each card provides step outs for individual tangles with links to show examples of the tangle being used in artwork. ArtRaffle is so easy to use that even people who are less technologically savvy will have no trouble maneuvering through, and the search option just adds infinite possibilities. The fact that Eni has chosen to offer this invaluable application free of charge speaks to her love of art and Zentangle, as well as to the boundless dedication she has for her students in Art Club. Thank you Eni and Alan for this wonderful gift!!!

ArtRaffle is amazing. As a tangler I sometimes find myself undecided about what tangle to use next or what kind of project to start. ArtRaffle gives your brain a mental and creative jump in the right direction by allowing you to as Eni Oken says, “let the universe decide!” Its a game, it’s a challenge, it’s a miracle for me! Thank you Eni Oken for your amazing and useful app!