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Static pixel art with four instances of blue text 'aaka017' surrounding a central purple starburst on black background.

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Static pixel art with four instances of blue text 'aaka017' surrounding a central purple starburst on black background.

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Source terms

Composition

  • four text instances
  • central starburst
  • corner border elements

Dense Caption

Black background with four instances of blue pixelated text 'aaka017' positioned at top-left, top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right. A central purple pixelated starburst radiates outward from the center. Purple pixelated decorative elements form a border around the top-left, top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right corners. All elements are static with no visible motion or animation changes.

Description

  • Static pixel art with four instances of blue text 'aaka017' surrounding a central purple starburst on black 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
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • aaka017 blue text
  • purple starburst black background
  • pixel art four text instances
  • static blue purple black

Visible Text

  • aaka017

Wordwall

  • blue text 'aaka017'
  • purple starburst
  • black background
  • four text instances
  • pixelated border elements
  • central radiating shape
  • static image
  • blue and purple colors

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2009080123062455603292
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 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 16:01 UTC
Archive ID
5e31954df5c0580f
SHA-256
5e31954df5c0580f3a6b14a7a637ec8cc0ab010dfb7b5623d6da23b46374be15
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August 20, 2026 at 17:26 UTC
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July 23, 2026 at 16:36 UTC
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Static pixel art with four instances of blue text 'aaka017' surrounding a central purple starburst on black background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 15:42 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,214 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,108, response 612

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • 8 bit (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • static (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • black
  • blue
  • purple

Composition

  • four text instances
  • central starburst
  • corner border elements

Dense Caption

Black background with four instances of blue pixelated text 'aaka017' positioned at top-left, top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right. A central purple pixelated starburst radiates outward from the center. Purple pixelated decorative elements form a border around the top-left, top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right corners. All elements are static with no visible motion or animation changes.

Description

  • Static pixel art with four instances of blue text 'aaka017' surrounding a central purple starburst on black 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
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • aaka017 blue text
  • purple starburst black background
  • pixel art four text instances
  • static blue purple black

Style

  • pixel art
  • 8-bit
  • static

Visible Text

  • aaka017

Wordwall

  • blue text 'aaka017'
  • purple starburst
  • black background
  • four text instances
  • pixelated border elements
  • central radiating shape
  • static image
  • blue and purple colors
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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
2009080123062455603292
Archive entry
2009080123062455603292.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 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#2009080123062455603292.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2009080123062455603292.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016