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Pixelated image of two figures in a close embrace against a dark blue background with scattered light specks.

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Pixelated image of two figures in a close embrace against a dark blue background with scattered light specks.

Pixelated image of two figures in a close embrace against a dark blue background with scattered light specks. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Bud…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Colors

  • light skin tones

Composition

  • central figures
  • dark background
  • scattered light elements

Dense Caption

Two figures in a close embrace; the figure on the left has long brown hair and wears a blue outfit with light-colored accents; the figure on the right has dark hair and wears a dark red or maroon outfit; both figures have light skin tones; the background is dark blue with scattered light blue and white specks resembling stars; the image is highly pixelated with visible dithering and blocky rendering; no text is visible in the image.

Description

  • Pixelated image of two figures in a close embrace against a dark blue background with scattered light specks.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20140322190458820903172

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: anime

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two figures embrace dark blue background
  • pixelated anime figures blue and red outfits
  • star-like specks pixelated image
  • long brown hair blue outfit dark red outfit

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-resolution

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

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  • two figures
  • close embrace
  • long brown hair
  • blue outfit
  • dark red outfit
  • light skin tones
  • dark blue background
  • star-like specks
  • pixelated
  • dithering

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20140322190458820903172
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:10 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.4 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 16:10 UTC
Archive ID
86853cbdd0b02e3f
SHA-256
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Assessed
September 1, 2026 at 05:10 UTC
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15972
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Preprocessing
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Overall score
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Assessed
August 10, 2026 at 14:58 UTC
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Pixelated image of two figures in a close embrace against a dark blue background with scattered light specks.

Reviewed
August 20, 2026 at 03:28 UTC
Run
62
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,341 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,091, response 826

Review tags

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  • dark blue (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
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  • star like specks (object, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • dithered (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • two figures (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • embrace

Colors

  • dark blue
  • light blue
  • white
  • brown
  • blue
  • dark red
  • maroon
  • light skin tones

Composition

  • central figures
  • dark background
  • scattered light elements

Dense Caption

Two figures in a close embrace; the figure on the left has long brown hair and wears a blue outfit with light-colored accents; the figure on the right has dark hair and wears a dark red or maroon outfit; both figures have light skin tones; the background is dark blue with scattered light blue and white specks resembling stars; the image is highly pixelated with visible dithering and blocky rendering; no text is visible in the image.

Description

  • Pixelated image of two figures in a close embrace against a dark blue background with scattered light specks.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20140322190458820903172

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: anime

Mood

  • intimate
  • romantic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • star-like specks pixelated image
  • long brown hair blue outfit dark red outfit

Objects

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Preprocessing Notes

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Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
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Subjects

  • two figures

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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
20140322190458820903172
Archive entry
20140322190458820903172.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:10 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#20140322190458820903172.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20140322190458820903172.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016