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Pixelated anime-style character with dark blue hair and light-colored clothing, overlaid with pink text across four

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Pixelated anime-style character with dark blue hair and light-colored clothing, overlaid with pink text across four

Pixelated anime-style character with dark blue hair and light-colored clothing, overlaid with pink text across four. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Franks…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • i am far from finished
  • i can't let myself look bad not in
  • front of the person i admire most

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712231312121762532454
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.1 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/80/80d3aeae08f7fd82017c477f48eca0e2de6416a38e668d375b057b6f4e9d79f6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
80d3aeae08f7fd82
SHA-256
80d3aeae08f7fd82017c477f48eca0e2de6416a38e668d375b057b6f4e9d79f6
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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
200712231312121762532454
Archive entry
200712231312121762532454.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 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#200712231312121762532454.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712231312121762532454.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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