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.

At last, I'm pleased to announce new dates for my Adobe Illustrator for Jewellery Design short course. Find out more, as well as how to sign up.

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:

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