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four identical pixelated images showing a person with dark curly hair against a light blue background

four identical pixelated images showing a person with dark curly hair against a light blue background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared B…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • centered subject
  • solid background

Dense Caption

Four identical pixelated images arranged in a 2x2 grid. Each image shows the upper body and head of a person with dark, voluminous curly hair styled upward. The face is centered horizontally; eyes are closed or squinted, nose appears broad, mouth is slightly open. Skin tone is light. Background is solid light blue. Pixelation obscures fine details but suggests casual attire. No visible text or symbols.

Description

  • four identical pixelated images showing a person with dark curly hair against a light blue background

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 200804241430541279630085
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200804241430541279630085

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated person light blue background dark curly hair closed eyes
  • light blue background pixelated face dark hair
  • person with dark curly hair light blue background
  • closed eyes broad nose slightly open mouth

Preprocessing Notes

  • grid layout indicates multiple observations of same asset
  • quarantined description: A grid of four identical pixelated images showing a person with dark curly hair against a light blue background.
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Visually Supported Entities

  • person

Wordwall

  • pixelated
  • light blue background
  • dark curly hair
  • closed eyes
  • broad nose
  • slightly open mouth
  • upper body view

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804241430541279630085
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Animated (3 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 15:24 UTC
Archive ID
5e0496a7c0836a46
SHA-256
5e0496a7c0836a467bd5f0a65b18d79b31fa8cd7843f32a09d5c47adaa0e2e22
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Assessed
August 5, 2026 at 08:16 UTC
Run
1266
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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August 2, 2026 at 18:36 UTC
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Overall label
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Overall score
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July 23, 2026 at 16:36 UTC
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four identical pixelated images showing a person with dark curly hair against a light blue background

Reviewed
August 5, 2026 at 08:10 UTC
Run
58
Version
v5
Elapsed
15,184 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,114, response 749

Review tags

  • dark brown (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
  • light skin tone (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • person (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • light blue
  • dark brown
  • light skin tone

Composition

  • centered subject
  • solid background

Dense Caption

Four identical pixelated images arranged in a 2x2 grid. Each image shows the upper body and head of a person with dark, voluminous curly hair styled upward. The face is centered horizontally; eyes are closed or squinted, nose appears broad, mouth is slightly open. Skin tone is light. Background is solid light blue. Pixelation obscures fine details but suggests casual attire. No visible text or symbols.

Description

  • four identical pixelated images showing a person with dark curly hair against a light blue background

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 200804241430541279630085
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200804241430541279630085

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated person light blue background dark curly hair closed eyes
  • light blue background pixelated face dark hair
  • person with dark curly hair light blue background
  • closed eyes broad nose slightly open mouth

Preprocessing Notes

  • grid layout indicates multiple observations of same asset
  • quarantined description: A grid of four identical pixelated images showing a person with dark curly hair against a light blue background.
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • person

Visually Supported Entities

  • person

Wordwall

  • pixelated
  • light blue background
  • dark curly hair
  • closed eyes
  • broad nose
  • slightly open mouth
  • upper body view
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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
200804241430541279630085
Archive entry
200804241430541279630085.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 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#200804241430541279630085.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804241430541279630085.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016