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Two pixelated figures in dark clothing stand side-by-side against a gradient background, one with arms crossed and the other with one arm extended.

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Two pixelated figures in dark clothing stand side-by-side against a gradient background, one with arms crossed and the other with one arm extended.

Two pixelated figures in dark clothing stand side-by-side against a gradient background, one with arms crossed and the other with one arm extended. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • side-by-side
  • centered
  • gradient background

Dense Caption

The image shows two stylized human figures rendered in grayscale with heavy pixelation. The figure on the left wears a long coat and has arms crossed over the chest. The figure on the right wears a short-sleeved shirt and extends the right arm forward. Both figures have simplified facial features with visible eyes and mouths. The background consists of a smooth gradient transitioning from light gray at the bottom to dark gray at the top. The overall style is low-resolution and blocky, characteristic of early digital graphics. No text or additional objects are present.

Description

Two pixelated figures in dark clothing stand side-by-side against a gradient background, one with arms crossed and the other with one arm extended.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200904041756171197934527

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two figures grayscale pixelated
  • long coat crossed arms
  • short-sleeved shirt extended arm
  • gradient background pixel art
  • blocky style human figures
  • simplified faces grayscale
  • side-by-side composition
  • neutral mood pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

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  • two figures
  • grayscale
  • pixelated
  • long coat
  • crossed arms
  • short-sleeved shirt
  • extended arm
  • gradient background
  • simplified faces
  • blocky style

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200904041756171197934527
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Still image
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 15:55 UTC
Archive ID
5f5956f78e3997f3
SHA-256
5f5956f78e3997f36ad2781b1cfc94a388ccb82d2e475c2e74f3e96f263d5d13
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Assessed
August 17, 2026 at 10:25 UTC
Run
1309
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.123357

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:38 UTC
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1039
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Two pixelated figures in dark clothing stand side-by-side against a gradient background, one with arms crossed and the other with one arm extended.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 05:29 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,404 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,096, response 844

Review tags

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  • extended arm (action, 0.80)
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  • white (color, 0.80)
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Actions

  • crossed arms
  • extended arm

Colors

  • gray
  • black
  • white

Composition

  • side-by-side
  • centered
  • gradient background

Dense Caption

The image shows two stylized human figures rendered in grayscale with heavy pixelation. The figure on the left wears a long coat and has arms crossed over the chest. The figure on the right wears a short-sleeved shirt and extends the right arm forward. Both figures have simplified facial features with visible eyes and mouths. The background consists of a smooth gradient transitioning from light gray at the bottom to dark gray at the top. The overall style is low-resolution and blocky, characteristic of early digital graphics. No text or additional objects are present.

Description

Two pixelated figures in dark clothing stand side-by-side against a gradient background, one with arms crossed and the other with one arm extended.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200904041756171197934527

Mood

  • neutral
  • stern

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • long coat crossed arms
  • short-sleeved shirt extended arm
  • gradient background pixel art
  • blocky style human figures
  • simplified faces grayscale
  • side-by-side composition
  • neutral mood pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixel art
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  • grayscale

Subjects

  • two human figures

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  • crossed arms
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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
200904041756171197934527
Archive entry
200904041756171197934527.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 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#200904041756171197934527.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200904041756171197934527.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016