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A snowman construction sequence showing five stages from basic shape to fully dressed figure with text "Build A Snowman" on the right.

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A snowman construction sequence showing five stages from basic shape to fully dressed figure with text "Build A Snowman" on the right.

A snowman construction sequence showing five stages from basic shape to fully dressed figure with text "Build A Snowman" on the right. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • sequential construction
  • addition of features

Animation Summary

The snowman is constructed in five sequential stages: starting with two stacked ovals, adding a third oval head, then facial features, stick arms and buttons, and finally a red hat and scarf.

Composition

  • five sequential stages
  • left-to-right progression
  • text on right

Dense Caption

Five sequential stages of a snowman construction: first stage is two stacked oval shapes; second stage adds a third oval on top; third stage adds facial features (two black dot eyes, one orange carrot nose, and a smiling mouth); fourth stage adds brown stick arms and three black dot buttons; fifth stage adds a red knitted hat and red scarf. All snowman figures are white with gray outlines. Text "Build A Snowman" appears in bold black letters with white outline on the right side of the sequence. The background is plain white.

Description

  • A snowman construction sequence showing five stages from basic shape to fully dressed figure with text "Build A Snowman" on the right.

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: humor
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • snowman construction sequence
  • build a snowman animation
  • snowman with carrot nose and scarf
  • red hat snowman animation
  • cartoon snowman construction
  • snowman with stick arms
  • snowman buttons animation
  • build a snowman text

Style

  • cartoon

Visible Text

  • Build A Snowman

Wordwall

  • snowman
  • construction sequence
  • two stacked ovals
  • third oval head
  • black dot eyes
  • orange carrot nose
  • smiling mouth
  • brown stick arms
  • three black dot buttons
  • red knitted hat
  • red scarf
  • Build A Snowman text
  • white background
  • gray outlines
  • sequential animation

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811152331441345529461
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.5 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
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 15:43 UTC
Archive ID
34b1c95d3906460d
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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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
0.106340

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A snowman construction sequence showing five stages from basic shape to fully dressed figure with text "Build A Snowman" on the right.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 09:03 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,759 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,171, response 817

Review tags

  • adding features (action, 0.80)
  • construction (action, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • buttons (object, 0.80)
  • carrot nose (object, 0.80)
  • knitted hat (object, 0.80)
  • scarf (object, 0.80)
  • stick arms (object, 0.80)
  • cartoon (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • simple line drawing (style, 0.80)
  • snowman (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • construction
  • adding features

Animation

  • sequential construction
  • addition of features

Animation Summary

The snowman is constructed in five sequential stages: starting with two stacked ovals, adding a third oval head, then facial features, stick arms and buttons, and finally a red hat and scarf.

Colors

  • white
  • gray
  • black
  • orange
  • brown
  • red

Composition

  • five sequential stages
  • left-to-right progression
  • text on right

Dense Caption

Five sequential stages of a snowman construction: first stage is two stacked oval shapes; second stage adds a third oval on top; third stage adds facial features (two black dot eyes, one orange carrot nose, and a smiling mouth); fourth stage adds brown stick arms and three black dot buttons; fifth stage adds a red knitted hat and red scarf. All snowman figures are white with gray outlines. Text "Build A Snowman" appears in bold black letters with white outline on the right side of the sequence. The background is plain white.

Description

  • A snowman construction sequence showing five stages from basic shape to fully dressed figure with text "Build A Snowman" on the right.

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: humor
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • playful
  • cheerful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • build a snowman animation
  • snowman with carrot nose and scarf
  • red hat snowman animation
  • cartoon snowman construction
  • snowman with stick arms
  • snowman buttons animation
  • build a snowman text

Objects

  • carrot nose
  • stick arms
  • knitted hat
  • scarf
  • buttons

Style

  • pixel art
  • simple line drawing
  • cartoon

Subjects

  • snowman

Visible Text

  • Build A Snowman

Wordwall

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  • two stacked ovals
  • third oval head
  • black dot eyes
  • orange carrot nose
  • smiling mouth
  • brown stick arms
  • three black dot buttons
  • red knitted hat
  • red scarf
  • Build A Snowman text
  • white background
  • gray outlines
  • sequential animation
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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
200811152331441345529461
Archive entry
200811152331441345529461.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 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

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