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Two yellow circular faces with black outlines, each with squinted eyes and a small mouth, positioned side-by-side against a light background.

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Two yellow circular faces with black outlines, each with squinted eyes and a small mouth, positioned side-by-side against a light background.

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • two identical faces
  • side-by-side
  • centered
  • symmetrical

Dense Caption

Two identical yellow circular faces with black outlines occupy the frame. Each face has squinted eyes with white pupils and black irises, a small horizontal mouth, and a smooth yellow surface. The faces are positioned side-by-side with a thin black vertical gap between them. The background is a solid light beige color. The image is static with no visible animation changes.

Description

Two yellow circular faces with black outlines, each with squinted eyes and a small mouth, positioned side-by-side against a light 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 topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 201009281211591794190969

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow circular faces squinted eyes
  • two identical yellow faces
  • beige background squinted eyes
  • yellow faces black outlines beige background

Wordwall

  • yellow circular faces
  • black outlines
  • squinted eyes
  • small horizontal mouth
  • light beige background
  • side-by-side
  • identical faces
  • smooth yellow surface
  • white pupils
  • black irises

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201009281211591794190969
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:07 UTC

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GIF
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50×50 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
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Media type
image/gif
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v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:07 UTC
Archive ID
3ec5b8b1c693dfa7
SHA-256
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Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 23:06 UTC
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Two yellow circular faces with black outlines, each with squinted eyes and a small mouth, positioned side-by-side against a light background.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 20:49 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,916 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,145, response 664

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Colors

  • yellow
  • black
  • white
  • beige

Composition

  • two identical faces
  • side-by-side
  • centered
  • symmetrical

Dense Caption

Two identical yellow circular faces with black outlines occupy the frame. Each face has squinted eyes with white pupils and black irises, a small horizontal mouth, and a smooth yellow surface. The faces are positioned side-by-side with a thin black vertical gap between them. The background is a solid light beige color. The image is static with no visible animation changes.

Description

Two yellow circular faces with black outlines, each with squinted eyes and a small mouth, positioned side-by-side against a light background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 201009281211591794190969

Mood

  • neutral
  • unimpressed

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  • beige background squinted eyes
  • yellow faces black outlines beige background

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  • pixelated
  • simple
  • cartoonish

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  • yellow circular faces

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  • black outlines
  • squinted eyes
  • small horizontal mouth
  • light beige background
  • side-by-side
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  • smooth yellow surface
  • white pupils
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 23:09 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
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Error
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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
201009281211591794190969
Archive entry
201009281211591794190969.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:07 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#201009281211591794190969.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201009281211591794190969.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016