Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Pixelated image of a person with greenish skin tone and dark hair, divided into four quadrants with text overlays in each section.

Permanent icon record

Pixelated image of a person with greenish skin tone and dark hair, divided into four quadrants with text overlays in each section.

Pixelated image of a person with greenish skin tone and dark hair, divided into four quadrants with text overlays in each section. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Visible Text

  • When the smoke is gone...
  • I have to face...
  • What I've become.
  • FRANKSICONS.COM

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801112037011279146482
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3d/3d978156de571359b5d78624b537bd7aedc19b9663318af93b8f7362bfbfdd2f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3d978156de571359
SHA-256
3d978156de571359b5d78624b537bd7aedc19b9663318af93b8f7362bfbfdd2f
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
200801112037011279146482
Archive entry
200801112037011279146482.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 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#200801112037011279146482.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801112037011279146482.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

View the complete metadata record (JSON)