Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
A static pixelated image with a dark central figure against a gray background, surrounded by scattered colored dots in cyan, green, orange, pink, and white.

Permanent icon record

A static pixelated image with a dark central figure against a gray background, surrounded by scattered colored dots in cyan, green, orange, pink, and white.

A static pixelated image with a dark central figure against a gray background, surrounded by scattered colored dots in cyan, green, orange, pink, and white. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ic…

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • central silhouette
  • scattered colored elements

Dense Caption

The image is a low-resolution static icon. The primary subject is an indistinct dark silhouette positioned centrally. Surrounding the silhouette are multiple small, distinct colored pixels: several cyan circular shapes (one large central cyan dot), multiple green square dots, multiple orange circular dots (including one prominent large orange dot), and scattered pink and white dots. The background consists of a uniform gray pixelated field with no discernible patterns or gradients. No text is visible in the image.

Description

A static pixelated image with a dark central figure against a gray background, surrounded by scattered colored dots in cyan, green, orange, pink, and white.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20071227160411685621039

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dark silhouette gray background cyan green orange
  • pixelated icon scattered dots colored pixels
  • low resolution abstract dark figure
  • cyan green orange pink white dots

Wordwall

  • dark silhouette
  • gray background
  • cyan dots
  • green squares
  • orange circles
  • pink spots
  • white specks

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
20071227160411685621039
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ae/aed1924ad4025438844d9abc862f989eff3195af68c61c3ef0c59a2f09bfe7f8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 UTC
Archive ID
aed1924ad4025438
SHA-256
aed1924ad4025438844d9abc862f989eff3195af68c61c3ef0c59a2f09bfe7f8
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 4, 2026 at 14:47 UTC
Run
1266
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000016

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.000016falseharassment0.000012falseviolence0.000008falseviolence/graphic0.000007falseself-harm0.000007falseillicit0.000004falsehate0.000002falseself-harm/intent0.000002falseillicit/violent0.000001falseharassment/threatening0.000001falseself-harm/instructions0.000001falsesexual/minors0.000001falsehate/threatening0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 21, 2026 at 00:36 UTC
Run
70
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.212493

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.787507onnx/unsafe0.212493onnx/nsfl0.123729onnx/nsfw0.088764
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A static pixelated image with a dark central figure against a gray background, surrounded by scattered colored dots in cyan, green, orange, pink, and white.

Reviewed
July 31, 2026 at 05:08 UTC
Run
55
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,266 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,088, response 634

Review tags

  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • circles (object, 0.80)
  • dots (object, 0.80)
  • squares (object, 0.80)
  • abstract (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • silhouette (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • gray
  • cyan
  • green
  • orange
  • pink
  • white

Composition

  • central silhouette
  • scattered colored elements

Dense Caption

The image is a low-resolution static icon. The primary subject is an indistinct dark silhouette positioned centrally. Surrounding the silhouette are multiple small, distinct colored pixels: several cyan circular shapes (one large central cyan dot), multiple green square dots, multiple orange circular dots (including one prominent large orange dot), and scattered pink and white dots. The background consists of a uniform gray pixelated field with no discernible patterns or gradients. No text is visible in the image.

Description

A static pixelated image with a dark central figure against a gray background, surrounded by scattered colored dots in cyan, green, orange, pink, and white.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20071227160411685621039

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dark silhouette gray background cyan green orange
  • pixelated icon scattered dots colored pixels
  • low resolution abstract dark figure
  • cyan green orange pink white dots

Objects

  • dots
  • squares
  • circles

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • abstract

Subjects

  • silhouette

Wordwall

  • dark silhouette
  • gray background
  • cyan dots
  • green squares
  • orange circles
  • pink spots
  • white specks
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "aed1924ad4025438844d9abc862f989eff3195af68c61c3ef0c59a2f09bfe7f8",
  "description": "A static pixelated image with a dark central figure against a gray background, surrounded by scattered colored dots in cyan, green, orange, pink, and white.",
  "denseCaption": "The image is a low-resolution static icon. The primary subject is an indistinct dark silhouette positioned centrally. Surrounding the silhouette are multiple small, distinct colored pixels: several cyan circular shapes (one large central cyan dot), multiple green square dots, multiple orange circular dots (including one prominent large orange dot), and scattered pink and white dots. The background consists of a uniform gray pixelated field with no discernible patterns or gradients. No text is visible in the image.",
  "wordwall": [
    "dark silhouette",
    "gray background",
    "cyan dots",
    "green squares",
    "orange circles",
    "pink spots",
    "white specks"
  ],
  "visibleText": [],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "silhouette"
  ],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [
    "dots",
    "squares",
    "circles"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "gray",
    "cyan",
    "green",
    "orange",
    "pink",
    "white"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "low-resolution",
    "abstract"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "central silhouette",
    "scattered colored elements"
  ],
  "mood": [],
  "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": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
    "2007-2016",
    "franksicons",
    "20071227160411685621039"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "dark silhouette gray background cyan green orange",
    "pixelated icon scattered dots colored pixels",
    "low resolution abstract dark figure",
    "cyan green orange pink white dots"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "silhouette",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: silhouette"
    },
    {
      "tag": "dots",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: dots"
    },
    {
      "tag": "squares",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: squares"
    },
    {
      "tag": "circles",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: circles"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "low resolution",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: low-resolution"
    },
    {
      "tag": "abstract",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: abstract"
    },
    {
      "tag": "gray",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: gray"
    },
    {
      "tag": "cyan",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: cyan"
    },
    {
      "tag": "green",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: green"
    },
    {
      "tag": "orange",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: orange"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pink",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pink"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "aed1924ad4025438844d9abc862f989eff3195af68c61c3ef0c59a2f09bfe7f8",
        "description": "A static pixelated image with a dark central figure against a gray background, surrounded by scattered colored dots in cyan, green, orange, pink, and white.",
        "denseCaption": "The image is a low-resolution static icon. The primary subject is an indistinct dark silhouette positioned centrally. Surrounding the silhouette are multiple small, distinct colored pixels: several cyan circular shapes (one large central cyan dot), multiple green square dots, multiple orange circular dots (including one prominent large orange dot), and scattered pink and white dots. The background consists of a uniform gray pixelated field with no discernible patterns or gradients. No text is visible in the image.",
        "wordwall": [
          "dark silhouette",
          "gray background",
          "cyan dots",
          "green squares",
          "orange circles",
          "pink spots",
          "white specks"
        ],
        "visibleText": [],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "silhouette"
        ],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [
          "dots",
          "squares",
          "circles"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "gray",
          "cyan",
          "green",
          "orange",
          "pink",
          "white"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "low-resolution",
          "abstract"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "central silhouette",
          "scattered colored elements"
        ],
        "mood": [],
        "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": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
          "2007-2016",
          "franksicons",
          "20071227160411685621039"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "dark silhouette gray background cyan green orange",
          "pixelated icon scattered dots colored pixels",
          "low resolution abstract dark figure",
          "cyan green orange pink white dots"
        ],
        "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
20071227160411685621039
Archive entry
20071227160411685621039.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 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#20071227160411685621039.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071227160411685621039.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016