Animated contact sheet showing 11 frames of a red U-shaped logo with white interior, transitioning through text variations including 'the used' and partial letterforms on beige background.

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Animated contact sheet showing 11 frames of a red U-shaped logo with white interior, transitioning through text variations including 'the used' and partial letterforms on beige background.

Animated contact sheet showing 11 frames of a red U-shaped logo with white interior, transitioning through text variations including 'the used' and partial letterforms on beige ba…

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Animation

  • frame-to-frame text transition
  • text fading in/out
  • logo stability with text variation

Animation Summary

Animated sequence showing red U-shaped logo with white interior transitioning through various states where text elements including 'the used' appear, fade out, or shift position across 11 sequential frames. The logo remains stable while text components change in each frame, creating a dynamic visual effect typical of early internet animations.

Composition

  • 4x3 grid layout
  • sequential frame arrangement
  • centered logo placement

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated contact sheet containing 11 sequential frames arranged in a 4x3 grid (with the last cell empty), each frame showing a stylized red U-shaped logo with a white interior. The logo appears to be part of an animation sequence where text elements transition around and within the U-shape. In some frames, partial or full text reading 'the used' is visible in red lettering overlapping the logo structure. The background alternates between beige and white across different frames. The logo maintains consistent geometric proportions throughout all frames but shows subtle variations in transparency and positioning of internal elements. Some frames exhibit pixelation artifacts typical of low-resolution GIF animations from early internet eras, with slight misalignment visible in certain transitions. The animation appears to cycle through various states where the U-shape remains constant while text components shift position or fade in/out around it.

Description

Animated contact sheet showing 11 frames of a red U-shaped logo with white interior, transitioning through text variations including 'the used' and partial letterforms on beige background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • The Used | basis both | confidence high | evidence: visible text 'used' and consistent logo design matching known band branding

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • source hints mention 'music artists' but no musical instruments or performance context visible
  • category suggestions not fully supported by visual content alone

Metadata Only Entities

  • myoldicons id 173100
  • hurley9288 the used

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text elements visible in multiple frames support 'used' reference
  • U-shaped logo consistent across all frames supports brand identity

Named Entities

  • the used

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • the used band logo
  • red U-shaped AIM icon
  • beige background text animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 11 frames arranged in 4x3 grid (last cell empty)
  • sampled from animated icon source frame count of 11
  • frames show sequential animation states
  • gray area indicates transparency background
  • beige and white backgrounds alternate between frames

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style animation with no visible nudity or explicit content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative hints suggest 'the used' music artist context with 'myoldicons' identifier
  • hints indicate this is a historical AIM buddy icon from wayback/originalicons collection

Visible Text

  • the used
  • used
  • the
  • u

Visually Supported Entities

  • the used (band name)
  • AIM buddy icon collection

Wordwall

  • red U-shaped logo
  • white interior space
  • beige background
  • text 'the used'
  • partial letterforms
  • pixelated edges
  • translucent red text
  • sequential frames
  • animation sequence
  • low-resolution GIF
  • stencil-style typography
  • frame-to-frame transitions
  • logo variation
  • text overlay
  • repeating pattern
  • motion blur effect
  • red and beige color scheme
  • 4x3 contact sheet layout
  • beige background transition
  • white background frame
  • pixelation artifacts

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures

Source title
1100790236_2035021831
Category
images / icons / music artists / used the
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:52 UTC

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival

Source title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / music artists / used, the
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 09:20 UTC

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Top Categories A

Source title
1100790236_2035021831
Category
images / icons / music artists / used the
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 02:57 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.6 KB
Motion
Animated (11 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/3b/3b54445a87d9abf7086a9911d948c013b5421dcea60d463c702184c9be529704.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:09 UTC
Archive ID
3b54445a87d9abf7
SHA-256
3b54445a87d9abf7086a9911d948c013b5421dcea60d463c702184c9be529704
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 22, 2026 at 09:05 UTC
Run
89
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.101721

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.923074onnx/unsafe0.101721onnx/nsfw0.060291onnx/nsfl0.041430
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 12, 2026 at 05:40 UTC
Run
28
Input
image
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-smart
Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.950000

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flaglegacy/manual-review0.000000falselegacy/nsfw0.000000false
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Animated contact sheet showing 11 frames of a red U-shaped logo with white interior, transitioning through text variations including 'the used' and partial letterforms on beige background.

Reviewed
July 12, 2026 at 05:40 UTC
Run
28
Version
v3
Elapsed
17,511 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,088, response 1,184

Review tags

  • u shaped logo (subject, 0.95)
  • beige background (color scheme, 0.90)
  • 4x3 contact sheet (composition, 0.90)
  • red text (text, 0.90)
  • text transition (action, 0.85)
  • the used band logo (brand, 0.85)
  • low resolution gif (medium, 0.85)
  • animation sequence (style, 0.80)
  • stencil typography (text, 0.75)

Actions

  • transitioning text
  • frame-to-frame animation
  • text overlay shifting

Animation

  • frame-to-frame text transition
  • text fading in/out
  • logo stability with text variation

Animation Summary

Animated sequence showing red U-shaped logo with white interior transitioning through various states where text elements including 'the used' appear, fade out, or shift position across 11 sequential frames. The logo remains stable while text components change in each frame, creating a dynamic visual effect typical of early internet animations.

Colors

  • red
  • beige
  • white

Composition

  • 4x3 grid layout
  • sequential frame arrangement
  • centered logo placement

Dense Caption

The image displays an animated contact sheet containing 11 sequential frames arranged in a 4x3 grid (with the last cell empty), each frame showing a stylized red U-shaped logo with a white interior. The logo appears to be part of an animation sequence where text elements transition around and within the U-shape. In some frames, partial or full text reading 'the used' is visible in red lettering overlapping the logo structure. The background alternates between beige and white across different frames. The logo maintains consistent geometric proportions throughout all frames but shows subtle variations in transparency and positioning of internal elements. Some frames exhibit pixelation artifacts typical of low-resolution GIF animations from early internet eras, with slight misalignment visible in certain transitions. The animation appears to cycle through various states where the U-shape remains constant while text components shift position or fade in/out around it.

Description

Animated contact sheet showing 11 frames of a red U-shaped logo with white interior, transitioning through text variations including 'the used' and partial letterforms on beige background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • The Used | basis both | confidence high | evidence: visible text 'used' and consistent logo design matching known band branding

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • source hints mention 'music artists' but no musical instruments or performance context visible
  • category suggestions not fully supported by visual content alone

Metadata Only Entities

  • myoldicons id 173100
  • hurley9288 the used

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text elements visible in multiple frames support 'used' reference
  • U-shaped logo consistent across all frames supports brand identity

Mood

  • minimalist
  • retro digital
  • functional

Named Entities

  • the used

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • the used band logo
  • red U-shaped AIM icon
  • beige background text animation

Objects

  • red U-shape
  • beige background
  • white background

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains 11 frames arranged in 4x3 grid (last cell empty)
  • sampled from animated icon source frame count of 11
  • frames show sequential animation states
  • gray area indicates transparency background
  • beige and white backgrounds alternate between frames

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style animation with no visible nudity or explicit content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • non-authoritative hints suggest 'the used' music artist context with 'myoldicons' identifier
  • hints indicate this is a historical AIM buddy icon from wayback/originalicons collection

Style

  • stencil-style
  • pixelated
  • low-resolution GIF

Subjects

  • U-shaped logo
  • text elements

Visible Text

  • the used
  • used
  • the
  • u

Visually Supported Entities

  • the used (band name)
  • AIM buddy icon collection

Wordwall

  • red U-shaped logo
  • white interior space
  • beige background
  • text 'the used'
  • partial letterforms
  • pixelated edges
  • translucent red text
  • sequential frames
  • animation sequence
  • low-resolution GIF
  • stencil-style typography
  • frame-to-frame transitions
  • logo variation
  • text overlay
  • repeating pattern
  • motion blur effect
  • red and beige color scheme
  • 4x3 contact sheet layout
  • beige background transition
  • white background frame
  • pixelation artifacts
Raw JSON
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Full source records (3)

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures (wayback-originalicons-image-icons-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
images / icons / music artists / used the
Alt
1100790236_2035021831
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 04:52 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
Slice
OriginalIcons category image folders with celebrity, entertainment, holiday, and user-submitted buddy icons

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)

Kind
myoldicons-api
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Type
current recovered OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / music artists / used, the
Title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Alt
1100788743_2010956507.gif | hurley9288 the used | animated | myoldicons id 173100
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 09:20 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
Slice
recovered large-scale AIM icon and away-message archive with category, subcategory, filename, keyword, and animation metadata

Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Top Categories A (wayback-originalicons-image-icons-gifs-top-categories-a)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
Type
Wayback historical portal crawl
Category
images / icons / music artists / used the
Alt
1100790236_2035021831
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 02:57 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
Slice
focused OriginalIcons GIF category folders split from the broad /images/icons/ CDX target