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A static pixelated image with an orange stylized 'A' shape on a grayscale background of black, white, and gray pixels.

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A static pixelated image with an orange stylized 'A' shape on a grayscale background of black, white, and gray pixels.

A static pixelated image with an orange stylized 'A' shape on a grayscale background of black, white, and gray pixels. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons S…

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Composition

  • left of center
  • non-uniform background

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixelated composition featuring a prominent orange stylized 'A' shape positioned slightly left of center. The 'A' has a thick, rounded, and slightly curved design with internal white negative space. The background consists of a grayscale pattern of black, white, and various gray pixels arranged in a non-uniform, speckled manner. The orange 'A' is the only distinct colored element; all other visible pixels are grayscale. The image has no visible text, symbols, or additional objects beyond the orange shape and the grayscale background.

Description

  • A static pixelated image with an orange stylized 'A' shape on a grayscale background of black, white, and gray pixels.

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
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200806241112599995633
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • orange stylized A grayscale background
  • pixelated orange A left center
  • grayscale speckled background orange shape
  • orange A with white negative space

Wordwall

  • orange stylized A
  • grayscale background
  • pixelated
  • non-uniform speckled pattern
  • thick rounded curves
  • internal white negative space
  • left of center composition

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806241112599995633
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8b/8b25f8824b3d5eaf871f41f1b381d246aebb0d6fd0acbc42d4c242f8a2122ed3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 UTC
Archive ID
8b25f8824b3d5eaf
SHA-256
8b25f8824b3d5eaf871f41f1b381d246aebb0d6fd0acbc42d4c242f8a2122ed3
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:41 UTC
Run
1127
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.095881

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A static pixelated image with an orange stylized 'A' shape on a grayscale background of black, white, and gray pixels.

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 08:14 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,876 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,087, response 747

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • grayscale (style, 0.80)
  • minimalist (style, 0.80)
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  • stylized a shape (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • orange
  • black
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • left of center
  • non-uniform background

Dense Caption

The image is a static pixelated composition featuring a prominent orange stylized 'A' shape positioned slightly left of center. The 'A' has a thick, rounded, and slightly curved design with internal white negative space. The background consists of a grayscale pattern of black, white, and various gray pixels arranged in a non-uniform, speckled manner. The orange 'A' is the only distinct colored element; all other visible pixels are grayscale. The image has no visible text, symbols, or additional objects beyond the orange shape and the grayscale background.

Description

  • A static pixelated image with an orange stylized 'A' shape on a grayscale background of black, white, and gray pixels.

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
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200806241112599995633
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • orange stylized A grayscale background
  • pixelated orange A left center
  • grayscale speckled background orange shape
  • orange A with white negative space

Style

  • pixelated
  • grayscale
  • minimalist

Subjects

  • stylized A shape

Wordwall

  • orange stylized A
  • grayscale background
  • pixelated
  • non-uniform speckled pattern
  • thick rounded curves
  • internal white negative space
  • left of center composition
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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
200806241112599995633
Archive entry
200806241112599995633.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 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#200806241112599995633.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806241112599995633.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016