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A static image shows two pixelated star shapes on a split background of green and magenta, with a gray area on the right.

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A static image shows two pixelated star shapes on a split background of green and magenta, with a gray area on the right.

A static image shows two pixelated star shapes on a split background of green and magenta, with a gray area on the right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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Animation Summary

The image is static with no visible animation changes; it shows two distinct pixelated star shapes on a split background of green, magenta, and gray.

Composition

  • horizontal split
  • vertical split
  • two stars

Dense Caption

The image consists of a vertical split background: the left side is divided horizontally into a bright green upper section and a bright magenta lower section, while the right side is solid gray. A small, bright pink pixelated star shape is positioned in the lower-right corner of the green section. A small, bright green pixelated star shape is positioned in the upper-left corner of the magenta section. Both stars have a simple, blocky, 8-bit style with four arms and a central body. The image contains no text or additional elements.

Description

  • A static image shows two pixelated star shapes on a split background of green and magenta, with a gray area on the right.

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

  • 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

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • bright green background bright magenta background solid gray background bright pink pixelated star bright green pixelated star 8-bit style blocky star shapes horizontal split
  • bright green background bright magenta background solid gray background bright pink star bright green star 8-bit blocky stars horizontal split vertical split
  • green magenta gray pink green pixelated stars 8-bit blocky horizontal split vertical split
  • bright green bright magenta solid gray bright pink bright green pixelated stars 8-bit blocky horizontal split vertical split

Objects

  • star

Subjects

  • star

Wordwall

  • bright green background
  • bright magenta background
  • solid gray background
  • bright pink pixelated star
  • bright green pixelated star
  • 8-bit style
  • blocky star shapes
  • horizontal split background
  • vertical split background

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200808011004341195007946
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
385 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/60/60632145ceacd81bab28bf1100c015b16b43b1dc5f2167afea563eacc6388f6b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC
Archive ID
60632145ceacd81b
SHA-256
60632145ceacd81bab28bf1100c015b16b43b1dc5f2167afea563eacc6388f6b
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 21, 2026 at 03:47 UTC
Run
1319
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000018

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 3, 2026 at 05:37 UTC
Run
1258
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.001152

OpenAI category scores

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onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:39 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.319706

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (1)
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A static image shows two pixelated star shapes on a split background of green and magenta, with a gray area on the right.

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 15:27 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
13,605 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,108, response 779

Review tags

  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • magenta (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • 8 bit (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • star (subject, 0.80)

Animation Summary

The image is static with no visible animation changes; it shows two distinct pixelated star shapes on a split background of green, magenta, and gray.

Colors

  • green
  • magenta
  • gray
  • pink

Composition

  • horizontal split
  • vertical split
  • two stars

Dense Caption

The image consists of a vertical split background: the left side is divided horizontally into a bright green upper section and a bright magenta lower section, while the right side is solid gray. A small, bright pink pixelated star shape is positioned in the lower-right corner of the green section. A small, bright green pixelated star shape is positioned in the upper-left corner of the magenta section. Both stars have a simple, blocky, 8-bit style with four arms and a central body. The image contains no text or additional elements.

Description

  • A static image shows two pixelated star shapes on a split background of green and magenta, with a gray area on the right.

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

  • 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

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • bright green background bright magenta background solid gray background bright pink star bright green star 8-bit blocky stars horizontal split vertical split
  • green magenta gray pink green pixelated stars 8-bit blocky horizontal split vertical split
  • bright green bright magenta solid gray bright pink bright green pixelated stars 8-bit blocky horizontal split vertical split

Objects

  • star

Style

  • pixelated
  • 8-bit

Subjects

  • star

Wordwall

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  • bright magenta background
  • solid gray background
  • bright pink pixelated star
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  • vertical split background
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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
200808011004341195007946
Archive entry
200808011004341195007946.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#200808011004341195007946.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200808011004341195007946.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016