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Pixelated image of a person in a white shirt with purple text, holding a dark object, against a gray background with pink and blue accents.

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Pixelated image of a person in a white shirt with purple text, holding a dark object, against a gray background with pink and blue accents.

Pixelated image of a person in a white shirt with purple text, holding a dark object, against a gray background with pink and blue accents. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • centered figure
  • background with scattered accents

Dense Caption

Pixelated static image shows a person with dark skin and beard wearing a white shirt with purple text, holding a dark rectangular object in the right hand, standing against a gray background with scattered pink and blue pixel clusters. The figure has a blue necklace, dark hair, and a neutral expression. The image is low-resolution with visible pixelation, no text is legible beyond the purple shape on the shirt. Background includes faint red and blue pixel patterns. The person's left hand is partially visible near the waist. The image has no visible motion or animation.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a person in a white shirt with purple text, holding a dark object, against a gray background with pink and blue accents.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20081218144247876495178
  • 20081218144258287568751

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • person white shirt purple text
  • gray background pink blue accents
  • pixelated static image
  • holding dark object
  • beard blue necklace
  • neutral expression
  • low-resolution
  • red pixel clusters

Preprocessing Notes

  • image is low-resolution with visible 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

Uncertain Text

  • purple text

Wordwall

  • person
  • white shirt
  • purple text
  • dark object
  • gray background
  • pink accents
  • blue accents
  • beard
  • blue necklace
  • dark hair
  • neutral expression
  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • red pixel clusters
  • blue pixel clusters
  • right hand
  • left hand
  • waist
  • scattered pixels
  • static image

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081218144247876495178
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081218144258287568751
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3a/3aadfabb26d66f622fe479b594e49092c11698b79dc5e483b838c4b30a10a752.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC
Archive ID
3aadfabb26d66f62
SHA-256
3aadfabb26d66f622fe479b594e49092c11698b79dc5e483b838c4b30a10a752
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 18, 2026 at 14:20 UTC
Run
1312
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.375545

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.375545falseviolence0.000557falseself-harm0.000487falseself-harm/intent0.000212falseharassment0.000084falsesexual/minors0.000058falseviolence/graphic0.000051falseillicit0.000028falsehate0.000016falseharassment/threatening0.000011falseillicit/violent0.000005falseself-harm/instructions0.000003falsehate/threatening0.000001false
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrowprovider flagged
Assessed
July 25, 2026 at 17:26 UTC
Run
1187
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
sexual
Overall score
0.920530

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.920530trueviolence0.123434falseself-harm0.018522falseviolence/graphic0.005489falseself-harm/intent0.000370falseself-harm/instructions0.000248falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:45 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
nsfw
Overall score
0.756092

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/unsafe0.756092onnx/nsfw0.715927onnx/sfw0.243908onnx/nsfl0.040165
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Pixelated image of a person in a white shirt with purple text, holding a dark object, against a gray background with pink and blue accents.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 14:14 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
11,033 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,135, response 785

Review tags

  • holding (action, 0.80)
  • standing (action, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • dark object (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • static (style, 0.80)
  • person (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • holding
  • standing

Colors

  • gray
  • pink
  • blue
  • purple
  • white
  • dark brown
  • red

Composition

  • centered figure
  • background with scattered accents

Dense Caption

Pixelated static image shows a person with dark skin and beard wearing a white shirt with purple text, holding a dark rectangular object in the right hand, standing against a gray background with scattered pink and blue pixel clusters. The figure has a blue necklace, dark hair, and a neutral expression. The image is low-resolution with visible pixelation, no text is legible beyond the purple shape on the shirt. Background includes faint red and blue pixel patterns. The person's left hand is partially visible near the waist. The image has no visible motion or animation.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a person in a white shirt with purple text, holding a dark object, against a gray background with pink and blue accents.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20081218144247876495178
  • 20081218144258287568751

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • person white shirt purple text
  • gray background pink blue accents
  • pixelated static image
  • holding dark object
  • beard blue necklace
  • neutral expression
  • low-resolution
  • red pixel clusters

Objects

  • dark object

Preprocessing Notes

  • image is low-resolution with visible 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

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • static

Subjects

  • person

Uncertain Text

  • purple text

Wordwall

  • person
  • white shirt
  • purple text
  • dark object
  • gray background
  • pink accents
  • blue accents
  • beard
  • blue necklace
  • dark hair
  • neutral expression
  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • red pixel clusters
  • blue pixel clusters
  • right hand
  • left hand
  • waist
  • scattered pixels
  • static image
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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
20081218144247876495178
Archive entry
20081218144247876495178.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 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#20081218144247876495178.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081218144247876495178.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
20081218144258287568751
Archive entry
20081218144258287568751.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 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#20081218144258287568751.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081218144258287568751.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016