Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Red pixelated heart symbol above white text reading 'ilove brandon<3brandon<3 3.6.08' on black background.

Permanent icon record

Red pixelated heart symbol above white text reading 'ilove brandon<3brandon<3 3.6.08' on black background.

Red pixelated heart symbol above white text reading 'ilove brandon<3brandon<3 3.6.08' on black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shar…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • heart at top center
  • text lines stacked vertically below heart

Dense Caption

Black background with red pixelated heart symbol at top center. Below, two identical lines of white pixelated text: first line reads 'ilove', second line reads 'brandon<3brandon<3', third line reads '3.6.08'. Text uses blocky 8-bit style font. All elements are static; no animation observed.

Description

  • Red pixelated heart symbol above white text reading 'ilove brandon<3brandon<3 3.6.08' on black background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • brandon

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

Named Entities

  • brandon

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • ilove brandon 3.6.08
  • brandon<3 3.6.08
  • red heart ilove
  • pixelated text 3.6.08

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • ilove
  • brandon<3brandon<3
  • 3.6.08

Visually Supported Entities

  • brandon

Wordwall

  • red heart symbol
  • black background
  • white pixelated text
  • ilove
  • brandon<3
  • 3.6.08
  • blocky 8-bit font

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080317161049816279615
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:19 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
994 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/93/93085d67927e783cb4079b419fb4df58b3140a3e813bc7b2ae1341bac4fbba82.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:19 UTC
Archive ID
93085d67927e783c
SHA-256
93085d67927e783cb4079b419fb4df58b3140a3e813bc7b2ae1341bac4fbba82
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:10 UTC
Run
1133
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.089909

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.920860onnx/unsafe0.089909onnx/nsfl0.049678onnx/nsfw0.040231
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Red pixelated heart symbol above white text reading 'ilove brandon<3brandon<3 3.6.08' on black background.

Reviewed
August 4, 2026 at 07:50 UTC
Run
57
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,907 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,142, response 605

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • affectionate (mood, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • blocky 8 bit font (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • heart symbol (subject, 0.80)
  • text (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • red
  • white
  • black

Composition

  • heart at top center
  • text lines stacked vertically below heart

Dense Caption

Black background with red pixelated heart symbol at top center. Below, two identical lines of white pixelated text: first line reads 'ilove', second line reads 'brandon<3brandon<3', third line reads '3.6.08'. Text uses blocky 8-bit style font. All elements are static; no animation observed.

Description

  • Red pixelated heart symbol above white text reading 'ilove brandon<3brandon<3 3.6.08' on black background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • brandon

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

Mood

  • affectionate
  • nostalgic

Named Entities

  • brandon

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • ilove brandon 3.6.08
  • brandon<3 3.6.08
  • red heart ilove
  • pixelated text 3.6.08

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky 8-bit font

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • text

Visible Text

  • ilove
  • brandon<3brandon<3
  • 3.6.08

Visually Supported Entities

  • brandon

Wordwall

  • red heart symbol
  • black background
  • white pixelated text
  • ilove
  • brandon<3
  • 3.6.08
  • blocky 8-bit font
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "93085d67927e783cb4079b419fb4df58b3140a3e813bc7b2ae1341bac4fbba82",
  "description": "Red pixelated heart symbol above white text reading \u0027ilove brandon\u003C3brandon\u003C3 3.6.08\u0027 on black background.",
  "denseCaption": "Black background with red pixelated heart symbol at top center. Below, two identical lines of white pixelated text: first line reads \u0027ilove\u0027, second line reads \u0027brandon\u003C3brandon\u003C3\u0027, third line reads \u00273.6.08\u0027. Text uses blocky 8-bit style font. All elements are static; no animation observed.",
  "wordwall": [
    "red heart symbol",
    "black background",
    "white pixelated text",
    "ilove",
    "brandon\u003C3",
    "3.6.08",
    "blocky 8-bit font"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "ilove",
    "brandon\u003C3brandon\u003C3",
    "3.6.08"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "heart symbol",
    "text"
  ],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [],
  "colors": [
    "red",
    "white",
    "black"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "blocky 8-bit font"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "heart at top center",
    "text lines stacked vertically below heart"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "affectionate",
    "nostalgic"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "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"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [
    "brandon"
  ],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
  "identityHypotheses": [
    "brandon"
  ],
  "namedEntities": [
    "brandon"
  ],
  "fandoms": [],
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "ilove brandon 3.6.08",
    "brandon\u003C3 3.6.08",
    "red heart ilove",
    "pixelated text 3.6.08"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "heart symbol",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: heart symbol"
    },
    {
      "tag": "text",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: text"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blocky 8 bit font",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blocky 8-bit font"
    },
    {
      "tag": "affectionate",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: affectionate"
    },
    {
      "tag": "nostalgic",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: nostalgic"
    },
    {
      "tag": "red",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: red"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "93085d67927e783cb4079b419fb4df58b3140a3e813bc7b2ae1341bac4fbba82",
        "description": "Red pixelated heart symbol above white text reading \u0027ilove brandon\u003C3brandon\u003C3 3.6.08\u0027 on black background.",
        "denseCaption": "Black background with red pixelated heart symbol at top center. Below, two identical lines of white pixelated text: first line reads \u0027ilove\u0027, second line reads \u0027brandon\u003C3brandon\u003C3\u0027, third line reads \u00273.6.08\u0027. Text uses blocky 8-bit style font. All elements are static; no animation observed.",
        "wordwall": [
          "red heart symbol",
          "black background",
          "white pixelated text",
          "ilove",
          "brandon\u003C3",
          "3.6.08",
          "blocky 8-bit font"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "ilove",
          "brandon\u003C3brandon\u003C3",
          "3.6.08"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "heart symbol",
          "text"
        ],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [],
        "colors": [
          "red",
          "white",
          "black"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "blocky 8-bit font"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "heart at top center",
          "text lines stacked vertically below heart"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "affectionate",
          "nostalgic"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "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"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [
          "brandon"
        ],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
        "identityHypotheses": [
          "brandon"
        ],
        "namedEntities": [
          "brandon"
        ],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "ilove brandon 3.6.08",
          "brandon\u003C3 3.6.08",
          "red heart ilove",
          "pixelated text 3.6.08"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
20080317161049816279615
Archive entry
20080317161049816279615.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:19 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#20080317161049816279615.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080317161049816279615.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016