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A pixelated image shows a partial figure with a dark circular eye, a yellow and orange gradient body, and a dark blue background.

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A pixelated image shows a partial figure with a dark circular eye, a yellow and orange gradient body, and a dark blue background.

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Composition

  • asymmetrical
  • partial figure
  • solid background on left
  • figure on right

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixelated icon. The left side features a solid dark blue background. On the right, a partial figure is visible with a dark circular eye, a yellow and orange gradient body, and a light green top section. The figure's form is abstract, with no distinct facial features beyond the eye. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance with visible pixelation. The figure's body extends from the top right toward the bottom right, with a thin dark vertical line connecting the eye to the lower part of the figure. The overall composition is asymmetrical, with the figure occupying the right half of the image.

Description

  • A pixelated image shows a partial figure with a dark circular eye, a yellow and orange gradient body, and a dark blue background.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20090614103241811903644
  • 200906141032441753156239

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • abstract figure dark blue background
  • pixelated yellow orange figure
  • low-resolution dark circular eye
  • asymmetrical pixelated icon

Wordwall

  • dark blue background
  • dark circular eye
  • yellow and orange gradient body
  • light green top section
  • abstract figure
  • low-resolution pixelated
  • asymmetrical composition
  • thin dark vertical line

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090614103241811903644
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906141032441753156239
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.8 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/88/88b91f2c0b50bd99c27d08964fe54c3bef7917f14774a868b934d71739209dff.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC
Archive ID
88b91f2c0b50bd99
SHA-256
88b91f2c0b50bd99c27d08964fe54c3bef7917f14774a868b934d71739209dff
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:38 UTC
Run
1127
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.075978

OpenAI category scores

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A pixelated image shows a partial figure with a dark circular eye, a yellow and orange gradient body, and a dark blue background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 12:13 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,919 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,137, response 758

Review tags

  • dark blue (color, 0.80)
  • dark gray (color, 0.80)
  • light green (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • abstract (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • abstract figure (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • dark blue
  • yellow
  • orange
  • light green
  • dark gray

Composition

  • asymmetrical
  • partial figure
  • solid background on left
  • figure on right

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixelated icon. The left side features a solid dark blue background. On the right, a partial figure is visible with a dark circular eye, a yellow and orange gradient body, and a light green top section. The figure's form is abstract, with no distinct facial features beyond the eye. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance with visible pixelation. The figure's body extends from the top right toward the bottom right, with a thin dark vertical line connecting the eye to the lower part of the figure. The overall composition is asymmetrical, with the figure occupying the right half of the image.

Description

  • A pixelated image shows a partial figure with a dark circular eye, a yellow and orange gradient body, and a dark blue background.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20090614103241811903644
  • 200906141032441753156239

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • abstract figure dark blue background
  • pixelated yellow orange figure
  • low-resolution dark circular eye
  • asymmetrical pixelated icon

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • abstract

Subjects

  • abstract figure

Wordwall

  • dark blue background
  • dark circular eye
  • yellow and orange gradient body
  • light green top section
  • abstract figure
  • low-resolution pixelated
  • asymmetrical composition
  • thin dark vertical line
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Full source records (2)

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
20090614103241811903644
Archive entry
20090614103241811903644.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#20090614103241811903644.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090614103241811903644.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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
200906141032441753156239
Archive entry
200906141032441753156239.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#200906141032441753156239.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906141032441753156239.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016