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A static pixelated image shows a red pen-like object above a light gray surface with scattered brown pixel clusters resembling handwritten text or symbols.

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A static pixelated image shows a red pen-like object above a light gray surface with scattered brown pixel clusters resembling handwritten text or symbols.

A static pixelated image shows a red pen-like object above a light gray surface with scattered brown pixel clusters resembling handwritten text or symbols. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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Composition

  • vertical red object above scattered brown shapes
  • horizontal brown bands at top and bottom

Dense Caption

The image is a static, low-resolution pixelated composition. A vertical red object with orange and brown pixelation, resembling a pen or stylus, extends from the top edge into the frame. Below it, a light gray background contains scattered brown pixel clusters forming abstract shapes and partial strokes. These clusters include curved lines, angular marks, and small clusters that suggest handwritten text or symbols. The top and bottom edges show darker brown horizontal bands. Pixelation is consistent across the entire image, with no visible motion or animation.

Description

A static pixelated image shows a red pen-like object above a light gray surface with scattered brown pixel clusters resembling handwritten text or symbols.

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

  • red pen pixelated image
  • brown clusters gray background
  • static pixelated pen
  • scattered brown shapes
  • pixelated pen gray background
  • red pen brown clusters
  • gray background brown shapes
  • pixelated pen scattered shapes

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  • red pen-like object
  • light gray background
  • brown pixel clusters
  • scattered abstract shapes
  • top horizontal brown band
  • bottom horizontal brown band
  • pixelated strokes
  • no visible text
  • static image
  • low resolution

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090722220729441506802
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/91/9136b2272bf4366c3b35105c0c3a1bc0d8deaf85461450fa64c5d4bbf50e7f85.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC
Archive ID
9136b2272bf4366c
SHA-256
9136b2272bf4366c3b35105c0c3a1bc0d8deaf85461450fa64c5d4bbf50e7f85
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:09 UTC
Run
1133
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.096593

OpenAI category scores

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A static pixelated image shows a red pen-like object above a light gray surface with scattered brown pixel clusters resembling handwritten text or symbols.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 15:07 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,908 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,092, response 713

Review tags

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  • red pen like object (subject, 0.80)

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  • red
  • orange
  • brown
  • light gray

Composition

  • vertical red object above scattered brown shapes
  • horizontal brown bands at top and bottom

Dense Caption

The image is a static, low-resolution pixelated composition. A vertical red object with orange and brown pixelation, resembling a pen or stylus, extends from the top edge into the frame. Below it, a light gray background contains scattered brown pixel clusters forming abstract shapes and partial strokes. These clusters include curved lines, angular marks, and small clusters that suggest handwritten text or symbols. The top and bottom edges show darker brown horizontal bands. Pixelation is consistent across the entire image, with no visible motion or animation.

Description

A static pixelated image shows a red pen-like object above a light gray surface with scattered brown pixel clusters resembling handwritten text or symbols.

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

  • red pen pixelated image
  • brown clusters gray background
  • static pixelated pen
  • scattered brown shapes
  • pixelated pen gray background
  • red pen brown clusters
  • gray background brown shapes
  • pixelated pen scattered shapes

Objects

  • red pen-like object
  • brown pixel clusters

Style

  • pixelated
  • low resolution
  • static

Subjects

  • red pen-like object
  • brown pixel clusters

Wordwall

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  • light gray background
  • brown pixel clusters
  • scattered abstract shapes
  • top horizontal brown band
  • bottom horizontal brown band
  • pixelated strokes
  • no visible text
  • static image
  • low resolution
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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
20090722220729441506802
Archive entry
20090722220729441506802.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#20090722220729441506802.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090722220729441506802.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016