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Wacom Through the Ages

My trusty Graphire 2 has been with me ever since my 16th birthday – and that’s in 2004! Most of the damage you can see was caused by the mouse that came with it; it died several years ago, unable to withstand the test of being thrown off the table by cats. The rest of it, pen included, has aged rather well.

After being resurrected from my shelf in February and being used on a weekly basis, I feel it’s time for some updated shots of its exterior. Previously, I took shots in 2007, so it’s a graceful age of four years. I’m still amazed it runs perfectly, albeit now that I’m using it, I find its resolution, in comparison with the Intuos line, pretty low.

2011

See this trusty pen? It’s the state of the original nib! I’m not familiar with how other Wacom lines are going, but with my pen I guess it was a matter of getting ground down to some point and stopping there. It’s still very usable.