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Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a white background; the central figure wears a dark cap and light shirt, flanked by two others in darker and lighter attire.

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Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a white background; the central figure wears a dark cap and light shirt, flanked by two others in darker and lighter attire.

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • side-by-side
  • central figure
  • white background

Dense Caption

Three pixelated human figures stand side-by-side against a plain white background. The central figure wears a dark cap and a light-colored shirt, with a beard visible on the face. The figure to the left wears a dark gray or brown shirt with a visible number '1' on the chest. The figure to the right wears a white shirt under a dark jacket or vest. All figures have dark hair. The image is highly pixelated with low resolution, showing no visible text or symbols. The style is consistent with early 2000s digital art or low-resolution web graphics.

Description

Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a white background; the central figure wears a dark cap and light shirt, flanked by two others in darker and lighter attire.

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: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • three pixelated people
  • white background figures
  • dark cap central figure
  • number 1 shirt left figure

Wordwall

  • three figures
  • white background
  • central figure
  • dark cap
  • light shirt
  • beard
  • left figure
  • dark gray shirt
  • number 1
  • right figure
  • white shirt
  • dark jacket
  • dark hair
  • pixelated
  • low resolution

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708121921071588936524
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC
Archive ID
ae564ee7a5514194
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:26 UTC
Run
1136
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a white background; the central figure wears a dark cap and light shirt, flanked by two others in darker and lighter attire.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 22:46 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,115 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,090, response 701

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  • white
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  • black
  • brown
  • beige

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  • side-by-side
  • central figure
  • white background

Dense Caption

Three pixelated human figures stand side-by-side against a plain white background. The central figure wears a dark cap and a light-colored shirt, with a beard visible on the face. The figure to the left wears a dark gray or brown shirt with a visible number '1' on the chest. The figure to the right wears a white shirt under a dark jacket or vest. All figures have dark hair. The image is highly pixelated with low resolution, showing no visible text or symbols. The style is consistent with early 2000s digital art or low-resolution web graphics.

Description

Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a white background; the central figure wears a dark cap and light shirt, flanked by two others in darker and lighter attire.

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: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • neutral

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  • white background figures
  • dark cap central figure
  • number 1 shirt left figure

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  • pixelated
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  • three people

Wordwall

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  • central figure
  • dark cap
  • light shirt
  • beard
  • left figure
  • dark gray shirt
  • number 1
  • right figure
  • white shirt
  • dark jacket
  • dark hair
  • pixelated
  • low resolution
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 11:24 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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Source semantic tags (2)
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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
200708121921071588936524
Archive entry
200708121921071588936524.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 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#200708121921071588936524.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708121921071588936524.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016