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Two pixelated figures in close proximity, one with light brown hair and the other with darker brown hair, both wearing dark clothing against a black background.

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Two pixelated figures in close proximity, one with light brown hair and the other with darker brown hair, both wearing dark clothing against a black background.

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • close-up
  • two figures
  • black background

Dense Caption

Two pixelated human figures occupy the frame. The figure on the left has light brown hair, visible ears, and a light-colored collar. The figure on the right has darker brown hair and a visible ear. Both figures wear dark clothing. The background is solid black. The image exhibits heavy pixelation and low resolution. No text or symbols are visible. The figures are positioned closely together, suggesting an intimate or friendly interaction.

Description

Two pixelated figures in close proximity, one with light brown hair and the other with darker brown hair, both wearing dark clothing against a black background.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090908085634134334821

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two figures pixelated black background
  • light brown hair darker brown hair
  • intimate pose dark clothing
  • pixelated low resolution human figures

Wordwall

  • two figures
  • light brown hair
  • darker brown hair
  • dark clothing
  • black background
  • pixelated
  • low resolution
  • intimate pose
  • visible ears
  • light-colored collar

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090908085634134334821
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

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GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC
Archive ID
2908713be098a7c3
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:26 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.095221

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Two pixelated figures in close proximity, one with light brown hair and the other with darker brown hair, both wearing dark clothing against a black background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 17:39 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,309 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,095, response 721

Review tags

  • close proximity (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • dark clothing color (color, 0.80)
  • darker brown (color, 0.80)
  • light brown (color, 0.80)
  • light colored collar (color, 0.80)
  • intimate (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • two human figures (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • close proximity

Colors

  • black
  • light brown
  • darker brown
  • dark clothing color
  • light-colored collar

Composition

  • close-up
  • two figures
  • black background

Dense Caption

Two pixelated human figures occupy the frame. The figure on the left has light brown hair, visible ears, and a light-colored collar. The figure on the right has darker brown hair and a visible ear. Both figures wear dark clothing. The background is solid black. The image exhibits heavy pixelation and low resolution. No text or symbols are visible. The figures are positioned closely together, suggesting an intimate or friendly interaction.

Description

Two pixelated figures in close proximity, one with light brown hair and the other with darker brown hair, both wearing dark clothing against a black background.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20090908085634134334821

Mood

  • intimate

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • light brown hair darker brown hair
  • intimate pose dark clothing
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Style

  • pixelated
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Subjects

  • two human figures

Wordwall

  • two figures
  • light brown hair
  • darker brown hair
  • dark clothing
  • black background
  • pixelated
  • low resolution
  • intimate pose
  • visible ears
  • light-colored collar
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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
20090908085634134334821
Archive entry
20090908085634134334821.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#20090908085634134334821.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090908085634134334821.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016