Swarovski has recently developed a potentially exciting new series of plug-ins to help jewellers add Swarovski crystals (and other gem stones of all sorts) to their designs. One plug-in is for Rhino, the other is for Adobe Illustrator. They call it Ennoble.io.

I guess Adobe just couldn’t help itself— for years they’ve been compelled to try to be all things to all people. According to the folks over at

Introducing my first video tutorial! This one provides a sampler of the Adobe Illustrator for Technical Jewellery Drawing training we offer here as a CAD masterclass at CAD Jewellery Skills:

(Updated November 2018) (This continues my series of Frequently Asked Questions. See the rest of the FAQ pages.) Today I’d like to take a moment to talk about

A commercial illustrator named Richard Wilkinson has found a way to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to stunning effect for jewellery illustration and digital painting. Each example makes for