Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Pixelated close-up of a person with dark curly hair, light skin tone, and neutral expression against white background.

Permanent icon record

Pixelated close-up of a person with dark curly hair, light skin tone, and neutral expression against white background.

Pixelated close-up of a person with dark curly hair, light skin tone, and neutral expression against white background. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons S…

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

  • close-up
  • partial face
  • centered subject
  • solid background

Dense Caption

Static pixel art shows partial face and upper shoulders. Subject has dense black curly hair covering top of head. Skin tone is light beige with visible pores. Eyes are brown; mouth closed in neutral position. Hair extends to jawline on left side. Right shoulder partially visible, wearing gray fabric. Background solid white. Pixelation creates blocky texture across entire image.

Description

  • Pixelated close-up of a person with dark curly hair, light skin tone, and neutral expression against white background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation title (gallery): 200711181507081906091207
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200711181507081906091207

Metadata Only Entities

  • celebrities

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dark curly hair person
  • neutral expression pixel art
  • gray clothing white background
  • pixelated close-up face

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled from original dimensions

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Visually Supported Entities

  • person

Wordwall

  • dark curly hair
  • light skin tone
  • neutral expression
  • white background
  • gray clothing
  • pixelated art
  • partial face view

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
200711181507081906091207
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:58 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9e/9e75d97ce7b0ecbace7dc6e072854a2d956f06a0f226712d553c2a929536c34c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:58 UTC
Archive ID
9e75d97ce7b0ecba
SHA-256
9e75d97ce7b0ecbace7dc6e072854a2d956f06a0f226712d553c2a929536c34c
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:17 UTC
Run
1135
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.087039

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.912961onnx/unsafe0.087039onnx/nsfw0.051905onnx/nsfl0.035133
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated close-up of a person with dark curly hair, light skin tone, and neutral expression against white background.

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 20:00 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,426 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,095, response 705

Review tags

  • beige (color, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • person (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • black
  • beige
  • gray
  • white

Composition

  • close-up
  • partial face
  • centered subject
  • solid background

Dense Caption

Static pixel art shows partial face and upper shoulders. Subject has dense black curly hair covering top of head. Skin tone is light beige with visible pores. Eyes are brown; mouth closed in neutral position. Hair extends to jawline on left side. Right shoulder partially visible, wearing gray fabric. Background solid white. Pixelation creates blocky texture across entire image.

Description

  • Pixelated close-up of a person with dark curly hair, light skin tone, and neutral expression against white background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation title (gallery): 200711181507081906091207
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200711181507081906091207

Metadata Only Entities

  • celebrities

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dark curly hair person
  • neutral expression pixel art
  • gray clothing white background
  • pixelated close-up face

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled from original dimensions

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Style

  • pixel art
  • buddy icon

Subjects

  • person

Visually Supported Entities

  • person

Wordwall

  • dark curly hair
  • light skin tone
  • neutral expression
  • white background
  • gray clothing
  • pixelated art
  • partial face view
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "9e75d97ce7b0ecbace7dc6e072854a2d956f06a0f226712d553c2a929536c34c",
  "description": "Pixelated close-up of a person with dark curly hair, light skin tone, and neutral expression against white background.",
  "denseCaption": "Static pixel art shows partial face and upper shoulders. Subject has dense black curly hair covering top of head. Skin tone is light beige with visible pores. Eyes are brown; mouth closed in neutral position. Hair extends to jawline on left side. Right shoulder partially visible, wearing gray fabric. Background solid white. Pixelation creates blocky texture across entire image.",
  "wordwall": [
    "dark curly hair",
    "light skin tone",
    "neutral expression",
    "white background",
    "gray clothing",
    "pixelated art",
    "partial face view"
  ],
  "visibleText": [],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "person"
  ],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [],
  "colors": [
    "black",
    "beige",
    "gray",
    "white"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixel art",
    "buddy icon"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "close-up",
    "partial face",
    "centered subject",
    "solid background"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "neutral"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [
    "image appears upscaled from original dimensions"
  ],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [
    "provenance era: 2007-2016",
    "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"
  ],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
    "collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016",
    "collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons",
    "observation title (gallery): 200711181507081906091207",
    "observation file-name (gallery): 200711181507081906091207"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [
    "person"
  ],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "celebrities"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "dark curly hair person",
    "neutral expression pixel art",
    "gray clothing white background",
    "pixelated close-up face"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "person",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: person"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixel art",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixel art"
    },
    {
      "tag": "neutral",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: neutral"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    },
    {
      "tag": "beige",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: beige"
    },
    {
      "tag": "gray",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: gray"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "9e75d97ce7b0ecbace7dc6e072854a2d956f06a0f226712d553c2a929536c34c",
        "description": "Pixelated close-up of a person with dark curly hair, light skin tone, and neutral expression against white background.",
        "denseCaption": "Static pixel art shows partial face and upper shoulders. Subject has dense black curly hair covering top of head. Skin tone is light beige with visible pores. Eyes are brown; mouth closed in neutral position. Hair extends to jawline on left side. Right shoulder partially visible, wearing gray fabric. Background solid white. Pixelation creates blocky texture across entire image.",
        "wordwall": [
          "dark curly hair",
          "light skin tone",
          "neutral expression",
          "white background",
          "gray clothing",
          "pixelated art",
          "partial face view"
        ],
        "visibleText": [],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "person"
        ],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [],
        "colors": [
          "black",
          "beige",
          "gray",
          "white"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixel art",
          "buddy icon"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "close-up",
          "partial face",
          "centered subject",
          "solid background"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "neutral"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [
          "image appears upscaled from original dimensions"
        ],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [
          "provenance era: 2007-2016",
          "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"
        ],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
          "collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016",
          "collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons",
          "observation title (gallery): 200711181507081906091207",
          "observation file-name (gallery): 200711181507081906091207"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [
          "person"
        ],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "celebrities"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "dark curly hair person",
          "neutral expression pixel art",
          "gray clothing white background",
          "pixelated close-up face"
        ],
        "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
200711181507081906091207
Archive entry
200711181507081906091207.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:58 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#200711181507081906091207.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711181507081906091207.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016