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Animated sequence showing star-shaped icons in red, pink, and black-and-white variations against solid backgrounds.

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Animated sequence showing star-shaped icons in red, pink, and black-and-white variations against solid backgrounds.

Animated sequence showing star-shaped icons in red, pink, and black-and-white variations against solid backgrounds. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksI…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • transitions between four distinct star states

Animation Summary

The animation transitions between four distinct star icon states: red star on green background, pink star on green background, multiple pink stars on white background, and black star with white outline and purple line on white background.

Composition

  • single star
  • multiple stars
  • solid color background

Dense Caption

The animation displays four distinct star icon states: a red star with black outline on bright green background, a pink star with black outline on bright green background, multiple pink stars on white background, and a black star with white outline on white background. The black star has a purple horizontal line across its center. All stars are five-pointed, pixelated, and maintain consistent size across frames. The animation transitions between these four states without additional motion or effects.

Description

  • Animated sequence showing star-shaped icons in red, pink, and black-and-white variations against solid backgrounds.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200907071509451655326270
  • 20090707150946227156317

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red star green background
  • pink star green background
  • multiple pink stars white background
  • black star white outline purple line
  • pixelated star animation
  • buddy icon star
  • five-pointed star animation
  • green white background star

Objects

  • background

Preprocessing Notes

  • No upscaling or cropping detected

Source Metadata Interpretation

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

Subjects

  • star

Wordwall

  • red star
  • pink star
  • black star
  • green background
  • white background
  • purple line
  • five-pointed
  • pixelated
  • multiple stars
  • solid background

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090707150946227156317
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200907071509451655326270
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/29/2965d168e4048e4a1a2e8da3135c1c4ac4213358898d2bd558525b591c83501e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC
Archive ID
2965d168e4048e4a
SHA-256
2965d168e4048e4a1a2e8da3135c1c4ac4213358898d2bd558525b591c83501e
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 10, 2026 at 04:20 UTC
Run
1278
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000614

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:27 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.192153

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (1)
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Animated sequence showing star-shaped icons in red, pink, and black-and-white variations against solid backgrounds.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 14:13 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,216 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,159, response 787

Review tags

  • appears (action, 0.80)
  • transitions (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • minimalist (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • background (object, 0.80)
  • iconic (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • simple (style, 0.80)
  • star (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • appears
  • transitions

Animation

  • transitions between four distinct star states

Animation Summary

The animation transitions between four distinct star icon states: red star on green background, pink star on green background, multiple pink stars on white background, and black star with white outline and purple line on white background.

Colors

  • red
  • pink
  • black
  • white
  • green
  • purple

Composition

  • single star
  • multiple stars
  • solid color background

Dense Caption

The animation displays four distinct star icon states: a red star with black outline on bright green background, a pink star with black outline on bright green background, multiple pink stars on white background, and a black star with white outline on white background. The black star has a purple horizontal line across its center. All stars are five-pointed, pixelated, and maintain consistent size across frames. The animation transitions between these four states without additional motion or effects.

Description

  • Animated sequence showing star-shaped icons in red, pink, and black-and-white variations against solid backgrounds.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200907071509451655326270
  • 20090707150946227156317

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • playful
  • minimalist

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red star green background
  • pink star green background
  • multiple pink stars white background
  • black star white outline purple line
  • pixelated star animation
  • buddy icon star
  • five-pointed star animation
  • green white background star

Objects

  • background

Preprocessing Notes

  • No upscaling or cropping detected

Source Metadata Interpretation

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

Style

  • pixelated
  • simple
  • iconic

Subjects

  • star

Wordwall

  • red star
  • pink star
  • black star
  • green background
  • white background
  • purple line
  • five-pointed
  • pixelated
  • multiple stars
  • solid background
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Full source records (2)

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
20090707150946227156317
Archive entry
20090707150946227156317.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#20090707150946227156317.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090707150946227156317.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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
200907071509451655326270
Archive entry
200907071509451655326270.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#200907071509451655326270.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200907071509451655326270.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016