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Pixelated image of a person with light skin and short brown hair, wearing a black top, with pink text reading 'i <3 mcas' at the bottom against a dark background with pink and white speckles.

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Pixelated image of a person with light skin and short brown hair, wearing a black top, with pink text reading 'i <3 mcas' at the bottom against a dark background with pink and white speckles.

Pixelated image of a person with light skin and short brown hair, wearing a black top, with pink text reading 'i <3 mcas' at the bottom against a dark background with pink and whi…

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Mood

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Source terms

Composition

  • profile view
  • bottom text
  • dark background with speckles

Dense Caption

Pixelated static image shows a person with light skin tone and short brown hair, wearing a black top. The background is dark with scattered pink and white speckles. At the bottom, pink pixelated text reads 'i <3 mcas' with the '<3' symbol representing a heart. The person's face is partially visible in profile, showing closed eyes and a neutral expression. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital art style with visible pixelation across all elements.

Description

Pixelated image of a person with light skin and short brown hair, wearing a black top, with pink text reading 'i <3 mcas' at the bottom against a dark background with pink and white speckles.

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

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • person pink text i <3 mcas
  • pixelated profile view
  • black top pink speckles
  • i <3 mcas text
  • retro digital art style
  • closed eyes neutral expression
  • low-resolution static image
  • dark background pink white speckles

Visible Text

  • i <3 mcas

Wordwall

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  • short brown hair
  • black top
  • pink text
  • <3 symbol
  • dark background
  • pink speckles
  • white speckles
  • closed eyes
  • neutral expression
  • pixelated
  • retro digital art
  • profile view
  • bottom text
  • i <3 mcas
  • low-resolution
  • static image
  • face partially visible

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090116170902635198316
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/91/9114b719117ac6ea3b527f53d1596815254ef40fc1510e06b2443620e709f632.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 UTC
Archive ID
9114b719117ac6ea
SHA-256
9114b719117ac6ea3b527f53d1596815254ef40fc1510e06b2443620e709f632
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Assessed
August 10, 2026 at 21:10 UTC
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1281
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Overall score
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July 23, 2026 at 19:09 UTC
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Pixelated image of a person with light skin and short brown hair, wearing a black top, with pink text reading 'i <3 mcas' at the bottom against a dark background with pink and white speckles.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 18:30 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,429 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,094, response 755

Review tags

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  • light skin tone (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital art (style, 0.80)
  • person (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • pink
  • white
  • black
  • light brown
  • light skin tone

Composition

  • profile view
  • bottom text
  • dark background with speckles

Dense Caption

Pixelated static image shows a person with light skin tone and short brown hair, wearing a black top. The background is dark with scattered pink and white speckles. At the bottom, pink pixelated text reads 'i <3 mcas' with the '<3' symbol representing a heart. The person's face is partially visible in profile, showing closed eyes and a neutral expression. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital art style with visible pixelation across all elements.

Description

Pixelated image of a person with light skin and short brown hair, wearing a black top, with pink text reading 'i <3 mcas' at the bottom against a dark background with pink and white speckles.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

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  • 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

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • pixelated profile view
  • black top pink speckles
  • i <3 mcas text
  • retro digital art style
  • closed eyes neutral expression
  • low-resolution static image
  • dark background pink white speckles

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro digital art

Subjects

  • person

Visible Text

  • i <3 mcas

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  • short brown hair
  • black top
  • pink text
  • <3 symbol
  • dark background
  • pink speckles
  • white speckles
  • closed eyes
  • neutral expression
  • pixelated
  • retro digital art
  • profile view
  • bottom text
  • i <3 mcas
  • low-resolution
  • static image
  • face partially visible
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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
20090116170902635198316
Archive entry
20090116170902635198316.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 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#20090116170902635198316.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090116170902635198316.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016