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Four pixelated figures in a row against a blue sky background, with one figure holding a white object.

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Four pixelated figures in a row against a blue sky background, with one figure holding a white object.

Four pixelated figures in a row against a blue sky background, with one figure holding a white object. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icon…

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Color

Source terms

Composition

  • horizontal row
  • blue sky background

Dense Caption

Four pixelated figures are positioned horizontally against a blue sky background. The leftmost figure has dark hair and wears a white top with dark accents. The second figure holds a white object. The third figure wears a green jacket over a dark shirt. The rightmost figure has light hair and wears a green top. All figures have simplified facial features. The bottom of the image contains dark pixelated text. The overall style is low-resolution pixel art with visible dithering.

Description

  • Four pixelated figures in a row against a blue sky background, with one figure holding a white object.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20070825213635785424234
  • 20070910150635946633373

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • four figures blue sky
  • pixelated figures green jacket
  • white object blue sky
  • low-resolution pixel art figures

Preprocessing Notes

  • image is pixelated

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Wordwall

  • four figures
  • blue sky background
  • dark hair
  • white top
  • green jacket
  • light hair
  • green top
  • white object
  • dark pixelated text
  • low-resolution pixel art
  • dithering

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070825213635785424234
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070910150635946633373
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/32/3257e12291fb134e397dceb51ecb3e9def728de44c2778d3e5b7d9f99478f1e9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC
Archive ID
3257e12291fb134e
SHA-256
3257e12291fb134e397dceb51ecb3e9def728de44c2778d3e5b7d9f99478f1e9
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Assessed
August 26, 2026 at 05:29 UTC
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Overall score
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July 26, 2026 at 05:13 UTC
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Four pixelated figures in a row against a blue sky background, with one figure holding a white object.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 05:27 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,247 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,134, response 751

Review tags

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  • dark (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • light (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • white object (object, 0.80)
  • dithering (style, 0.80)
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  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • four figures (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • blue
  • white
  • green
  • dark
  • light

Composition

  • horizontal row
  • blue sky background

Dense Caption

Four pixelated figures are positioned horizontally against a blue sky background. The leftmost figure has dark hair and wears a white top with dark accents. The second figure holds a white object. The third figure wears a green jacket over a dark shirt. The rightmost figure has light hair and wears a green top. All figures have simplified facial features. The bottom of the image contains dark pixelated text. The overall style is low-resolution pixel art with visible dithering.

Description

  • Four pixelated figures in a row against a blue sky background, with one figure holding a white object.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20070825213635785424234
  • 20070910150635946633373

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • pixelated figures green jacket
  • white object blue sky
  • low-resolution pixel art figures

Objects

  • white object

Preprocessing Notes

  • image is pixelated

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance era: 2016
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  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
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  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution
  • dithering

Subjects

  • four figures

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Run
52
Version
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Error
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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
20070825213635785424234
Archive entry
20070825213635785424234.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 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#20070825213635785424234.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070825213635785424234.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
20070910150635946633373
Archive entry
20070910150635946633373.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 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#20070910150635946633373.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070910150635946633373.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016