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A static pixelated image shows a central heart shape surrounded by eight distinct character icons arranged in a circular pattern against a dark gray background.

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A static pixelated image shows a central heart shape surrounded by eight distinct character icons arranged in a circular pattern against a dark gray background.

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Composition

  • circular arrangement
  • central heart surrounded by eight icons

Dense Caption

The image is composed of 32x32 pixels with low-resolution rendering. At the center, there is a light gray heart symbol formed from white and medium-gray pixels. Surrounding this are eight character icons positioned at equal intervals around the circle: top-left shows a figure in blue pants; top-right features a purple-haired character; right side has a pink-and-white figure; bottom-right displays an orange-brown character; bottom-center contains a red-pink icon; bottom-left shows a green-and-black figure; left side includes a white-and-green character; and top-center presents a light-colored figure. The background is solid dark gray with no visible texture or additional elements.

Description

A static pixelated image shows a central heart shape surrounded by eight distinct character icons arranged in a circular pattern against a dark gray 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 topic-coverage: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20081104054236826663277

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • heart symbol surrounded by eight character icons
  • dark gray background pixel art
  • circular arrangement of distinct characters
  • low-resolution 32x32 icon with central heart

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Wordwall

  • central heart symbol
  • eight surrounding icons
  • dark gray background
  • 32x32 pixel grid
  • low-resolution rendering
  • blue pants on top-left icon
  • purple hair on top-right icon
  • pink-and-white figure on right
  • orange-brown character bottom-right
  • red-pink icon bottom-center
  • green-and-black figure bottom-left
  • white-and-green character left
  • light-colored figure top-center

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081104054236826663277
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/94/945dbe030ad55e5889f885963d28775a13c5a48eab9ffe58ca4ad005d165efbe.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC
Archive ID
945dbe030ad55e58
SHA-256
945dbe030ad55e5889f885963d28775a13c5a48eab9ffe58ca4ad005d165efbe
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Assessed
August 29, 2026 at 13:55 UTC
Run
15963
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000008

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Assessed
August 6, 2026 at 10:53 UTC
Run
1269
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:10 UTC
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A static pixelated image shows a central heart shape surrounded by eight distinct character icons arranged in a circular pattern against a dark gray background.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 06:57 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,549 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,088, response 773

Review tags

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  • light gray (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
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  • heart symbol (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • dark gray
  • light gray
  • blue
  • purple
  • pink
  • white
  • orange-brown
  • red-pink
  • green
  • black

Composition

  • circular arrangement
  • central heart surrounded by eight icons

Dense Caption

The image is composed of 32x32 pixels with low-resolution rendering. At the center, there is a light gray heart symbol formed from white and medium-gray pixels. Surrounding this are eight character icons positioned at equal intervals around the circle: top-left shows a figure in blue pants; top-right features a purple-haired character; right side has a pink-and-white figure; bottom-right displays an orange-brown character; bottom-center contains a red-pink icon; bottom-left shows a green-and-black figure; left side includes a white-and-green character; and top-center presents a light-colored figure. The background is solid dark gray with no visible texture or additional elements.

Description

A static pixelated image shows a central heart shape surrounded by eight distinct character icons arranged in a circular pattern against a dark gray 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 topic-coverage: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

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  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20081104054236826663277

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  • purple hair on top-right icon
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  • red-pink icon bottom-center
  • green-and-black figure bottom-left
  • white-and-green character left
  • light-colored figure top-center
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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
20081104054236826663277
Archive entry
20081104054236826663277.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 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#20081104054236826663277.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081104054236826663277.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016