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A pixelated static image shows a figure with outstretched arms against a light background with scattered dark shapes.

A pixelated static image shows a figure with outstretched arms against a light background with scattered dark shapes. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Sh…

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Animation Summary

  • No animation present; static image with pixelated appearance

Composition

  • central figure
  • scattered shapes

Dense Caption

The image is highly pixelated with low resolution. A central figure appears to be a person with arms extended horizontally, wearing dark clothing. The background is light with scattered dark irregular shapes. The figure's head is dark and rounded. The overall color palette includes shades of brown, beige, and dark gray. The image has a blurry, low-resolution appearance with visible pixelation. No text is visible in the image. The figure's posture suggests a reaching or embracing gesture. The background contains multiple small dark shapes scattered across the light area. The image has a soft, indistinct quality due to pixelation and low resolution.

Description

  • A pixelated static image shows a figure with outstretched arms against a light background with scattered dark shapes.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated figure outstretched arms
  • low resolution dark clothing light background
  • scattered dark shapes beige background
  • reaching gesture pixelated image
  • beige brown dark gray pixelated image

Preprocessing Notes

  • low resolution
  • pixelated
  • blurry

Subjects

  • figure

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  • pixelated
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  • central figure
  • outstretched arms
  • dark clothing
  • light background
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  • rounded head
  • beige background
  • brown tones
  • gray tones
  • blurry appearance
  • no text visible
  • reaching gesture

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2009053112453529584096
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1a/1a3a577ff901492ddbff0f9884a3252b767e26b8288fd4418f654bebf5ccc260.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC
Archive ID
1a3a577ff901492d
SHA-256
1a3a577ff901492ddbff0f9884a3252b767e26b8288fd4418f654bebf5ccc260
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 11:10 UTC
Run
1315
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000521

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 27, 2026 at 20:04 UTC
Run
1196
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.032315

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.032315falseself-harm0.014709falsesexual0.002810falseviolence/graphic0.002412falseself-harm/intent0.000280falseself-harm/instructions0.000226falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:11 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
nsfw
Overall score
0.602790

OpenAI category scores

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A pixelated static image shows a figure with outstretched arms against a light background with scattered dark shapes.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 11:09 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,945 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,087, response 753

Review tags

  • outstretched arms (action, 0.80)
  • reaching (action, 0.80)
  • beige (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • dark gray (color, 0.80)
  • light gray (color, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • figure (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • reaching
  • outstretched arms

Animation Summary

  • No animation present; static image with pixelated appearance

Colors

  • beige
  • brown
  • dark gray
  • light gray

Composition

  • central figure
  • scattered shapes

Dense Caption

The image is highly pixelated with low resolution. A central figure appears to be a person with arms extended horizontally, wearing dark clothing. The background is light with scattered dark irregular shapes. The figure's head is dark and rounded. The overall color palette includes shades of brown, beige, and dark gray. The image has a blurry, low-resolution appearance with visible pixelation. No text is visible in the image. The figure's posture suggests a reaching or embracing gesture. The background contains multiple small dark shapes scattered across the light area. The image has a soft, indistinct quality due to pixelation and low resolution.

Description

  • A pixelated static image shows a figure with outstretched arms against a light background with scattered dark shapes.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
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  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

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  • provenance era: 2016
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  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
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  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
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  • beige background
  • brown tones
  • gray tones
  • blurry appearance
  • no text visible
  • reaching gesture
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Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
2009053112453529584096
Archive entry
2009053112453529584096.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2009053112453529584096.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2009053112453529584096.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016