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Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with light skin and closed eyes, the other with darker hair and a neutral expression.

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Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with light skin and closed eyes, the other with darker hair and a neutral expression.

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • close-up
  • two figures side-by-side
  • central framing

Dense Caption

The image shows two human faces rendered in low-resolution pixels. The left face has light skin tone, visible eyelashes, and lips showing pinkish coloration; its eyes are closed or squinted. The right face has darker hair, lighter skin tone, and appears to have a neutral expression with eyes partially open. Both figures occupy the central area of the frame against a dark background with indistinct light patches. Pixelation is prominent throughout the image.

Description

  • Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with light skin and closed eyes, the other with darker hair and a neutral expression.

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: historical-archive
  • 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
  • 20090324190947374937714
  • FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two pixelated faces close-up
  • light skin closed eyes pink lips
  • darker hair neutral expression dark background

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-quality from original source

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 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

  • human face

Wordwall

  • two faces
  • pixelated rendering
  • light skin tones
  • closed/squinted eyes
  • pink lips
  • darker hair
  • neutral expression
  • dark background

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090324190947374937714
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.5 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 15:55 UTC
Archive ID
af4b18d53e16e7c7
SHA-256
af4b18d53e16e7c70f1e57e2ecf46621785b0f1d19c5d581f6748a9170df4f68
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:26 UTC
Run
1136
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.121071

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Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with light skin and closed eyes, the other with darker hair and a neutral expression.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 04:06 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,241 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,094, response 737

Review tags

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  • black (color, 0.80)
  • dark gray (color, 0.80)
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  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • calm (mood, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
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  • human face (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • light brown
  • beige
  • pink
  • dark gray
  • black

Composition

  • close-up
  • two figures side-by-side
  • central framing

Dense Caption

The image shows two human faces rendered in low-resolution pixels. The left face has light skin tone, visible eyelashes, and lips showing pinkish coloration; its eyes are closed or squinted. The right face has darker hair, lighter skin tone, and appears to have a neutral expression with eyes partially open. Both figures occupy the central area of the frame against a dark background with indistinct light patches. Pixelation is prominent throughout the image.

Description

  • Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with light skin and closed eyes, the other with darker hair and a neutral expression.

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: historical-archive
  • 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
  • 20090324190947374937714
  • FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Mood

  • neutral
  • calm

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two pixelated faces close-up
  • light skin closed eyes pink lips
  • darker hair neutral expression dark background

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-quality from original source

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

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  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • digital art

Subjects

  • human face

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  • human face

Wordwall

  • two faces
  • pixelated rendering
  • light skin tones
  • closed/squinted eyes
  • pink lips
  • darker hair
  • neutral expression
  • dark background
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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
20090324190947374937714
Archive entry
20090324190947374937714.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 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#20090324190947374937714.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090324190947374937714.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016