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Pixelated grayscale image of a stylized animal head with dark fur and light facial features, set against a gradient background.

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Pixelated grayscale image of a stylized animal head with dark fur and light facial features, set against a gradient background.

Pixelated grayscale image of a stylized animal head with dark fur and light facial features, set against a gradient background. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fran…

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Mood

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Source terms

Composition

  • centered subject
  • gradient background
  • no borders

Dense Caption

The image is a low-resolution, pixelated grayscale rendering of a stylized animal head. The head features dark fur covering the top and sides, with lighter gray and white areas defining the muzzle, eyes, and forehead. The eyes are small, dark, and positioned close together. The nose is a light gray oval shape. The background consists of a gradient transitioning from light gray on the left to darker gray on the right. The image has a blocky, pixelated appearance with no visible text or additional objects.

Description

  • Pixelated grayscale image of a stylized animal head with dark fur and light facial features, set against a gradient 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 200906192245191803123751

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • grayscale animal head pixelated
  • dark fur light muzzle grayscale
  • pixelated animal head gradient background
  • grayscale blocky animal head
  • animal head no text grayscale
  • pixelated grayscale animal
  • dark fur light gray nose
  • animal head small dark eyes

Preprocessing Notes

  • low resolution
  • pixelation

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
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

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  • grayscale
  • pixelated
  • animal head
  • dark fur
  • light muzzle
  • small dark eyes
  • oval nose
  • gradient background
  • blocky pixels
  • no text

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906192245191803123751
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/33/33f4bd2883b299e1c69c7d0068edb19395cb266d30f01710c1e2605a89a5ad4f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC
Archive ID
33f4bd2883b299e1
SHA-256
33f4bd2883b299e1c69c7d0068edb19395cb266d30f01710c1e2605a89a5ad4f
Content-safety assessments (3)
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Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 22:34 UTC
Run
1315
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.019751

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 30, 2026 at 08:00 UTC
Run
1245
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:38 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.486503

OpenAI category scores

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Pixelated grayscale image of a stylized animal head with dark fur and light facial features, set against a gradient background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 12:42 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,373 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,095, response 803

Review tags

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  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • grayscale (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • stylized (style, 0.80)
  • animal head (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • black
  • gray
  • white

Composition

  • centered subject
  • gradient background
  • no borders

Dense Caption

The image is a low-resolution, pixelated grayscale rendering of a stylized animal head. The head features dark fur covering the top and sides, with lighter gray and white areas defining the muzzle, eyes, and forehead. The eyes are small, dark, and positioned close together. The nose is a light gray oval shape. The background consists of a gradient transitioning from light gray on the left to darker gray on the right. The image has a blocky, pixelated appearance with no visible text or additional objects.

Description

  • Pixelated grayscale image of a stylized animal head with dark fur and light facial features, set against a gradient 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 200906192245191803123751

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • dark fur light muzzle grayscale
  • pixelated animal head gradient background
  • grayscale blocky animal head
  • animal head no text grayscale
  • pixelated grayscale animal
  • dark fur light gray nose
  • animal head small dark eyes

Preprocessing Notes

  • low resolution
  • pixelation

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance era: 2016
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  • 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
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
  • grayscale
  • stylized

Subjects

  • animal head

Wordwall

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  • dark fur
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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
200906192245191803123751
Archive entry
200906192245191803123751.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#200906192245191803123751.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906192245191803123751.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016