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Six distinct pixelated character images arranged in a , each with unique clothing and backgrounds

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Six distinct pixelated character images arranged in a , each with unique clothing and backgrounds

Six distinct pixelated character images arranged in a , each with unique clothing and backgrounds. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • six distinct

Dense Caption

Top-left: male figure in black jacket over white shirt with red tie, orange background. Top-middle: male figure in white tank top, dark blue background. Top-right: cartoon character with large yellow-red hat, purple shirt, blue pants, black background. Bottom-left: male figure in dark sweater and light collar, abstract blue-white background. Bottom-middle: close-up of male face with short hair, gray background. Bottom-right: male figure in dark jacket covering mouth with hand, dark background. Text "My Guys" appears above top row; text "<3" appears near bottom-right character.

Description

  • Six distinct pixelated character images arranged in a , each with unique clothing and backgrounds

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • male figures cartoon character
  • yellow-red hat purple shirt blue pants
  • black jacket white tank top red tie
  • text My Guys text <3
  • pixelated animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • no motion detected in static frames
  • quarantined description: Six distinct pixelated character images arranged in a 2x3 grid, each with unique clothing and backgrounds.
  • quarantined composition: six distinct panels
  • quarantined composition: 2x3 grid layout
  • quarantined retrieval: 2x3 grid layout pixelated animation

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: humor

Subjects

  • cartoon character

Visible Text

  • My Guys
  • <3

Visually Supported Entities

  • "My Guys"
  • "<3"

Wordwall

  • male figures
  • cartoon character
  • black jacket
  • white tank top
  • yellow-red hat
  • purple shirt
  • blue pants
  • dark sweater
  • gray background
  • text My Guys
  • text <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090528173927495998396
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/70/7049f8d890d00f75dd16f90e3ec153e8bda19649a1f1cc269f7a31c5eab1378c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC
Archive ID
7049f8d890d00f75
SHA-256
7049f8d890d00f75dd16f90e3ec153e8bda19649a1f1cc269f7a31c5eab1378c
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:54 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.112299

OpenAI category scores

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Six distinct pixelated character images arranged in a , each with unique clothing and backgrounds

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 10:56 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,848 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,168, response 716

Review tags

  • covering mouth with hand (action, 0.80)
  • black jacket (object, 0.80)
  • blue pants (object, 0.80)
  • dark sweater (object, 0.80)
  • purple shirt (object, 0.80)
  • red tie (object, 0.80)
  • white tank top (object, 0.80)
  • yellow red hat (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • cartoon character (subject, 0.80)
  • male figures (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • covering mouth with hand

Colors

  • orange
  • black
  • white
  • red
  • blue
  • gray
  • yellow
  • purple

Composition

  • six distinct

Dense Caption

Top-left: male figure in black jacket over white shirt with red tie, orange background. Top-middle: male figure in white tank top, dark blue background. Top-right: cartoon character with large yellow-red hat, purple shirt, blue pants, black background. Bottom-left: male figure in dark sweater and light collar, abstract blue-white background. Bottom-middle: close-up of male face with short hair, gray background. Bottom-right: male figure in dark jacket covering mouth with hand, dark background. Text "My Guys" appears above top row; text "<3" appears near bottom-right character.

Description

  • Six distinct pixelated character images arranged in a , each with unique clothing and backgrounds

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Mood

  • neutral
  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • male figures cartoon character
  • yellow-red hat purple shirt blue pants
  • black jacket white tank top red tie
  • text My Guys text <3
  • pixelated animation

Objects

  • yellow-red hat
  • purple shirt
  • blue pants
  • black jacket
  • white tank top
  • red tie
  • dark sweater

Preprocessing Notes

  • no motion detected in static frames
  • quarantined description: Six distinct pixelated character images arranged in a 2x3 grid, each with unique clothing and backgrounds.
  • quarantined composition: six distinct panels
  • quarantined composition: 2x3 grid layout
  • quarantined retrieval: 2x3 grid layout pixelated animation

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: humor

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • 2D animation

Subjects

  • male figures
  • cartoon character

Visible Text

  • My Guys
  • <3

Visually Supported Entities

  • "My Guys"
  • "<3"

Wordwall

  • male figures
  • cartoon character
  • black jacket
  • white tank top
  • yellow-red hat
  • purple shirt
  • blue pants
  • dark sweater
  • gray background
  • text My Guys
  • text <3
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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
20090528173927495998396
Archive entry
20090528173927495998396.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#20090528173927495998396.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090528173927495998396.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016