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A static pixelated image with two identical spiral patterns on a multicolored background, featuring the text "tip" in black letters.

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A static pixelated image with two identical spiral patterns on a multicolored background, featuring the text "tip" in black letters.

A static pixelated image with two identical spiral patterns on a multicolored background, featuring the text "tip" in black letters. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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Source terms

Composition

  • two identical spirals side-by-side
  • central gray circles in each spiral
  • text positioned upper right of the second spiral

Dense Caption

The image displays two symmetrical spiral patterns composed of concentric rings in multiple colors including blue, green, yellow, pink, and purple. Each spiral has a central gray circular area surrounded by alternating colored bands that create a rainbow effect. The background consists of the same multicolored pixelated pattern as the spirals. In the upper right portion of the image, there is black text reading "tip" with visible pixelation around the letters.

Description

  • A static pixelated image with two identical spiral patterns on a multicolored background, featuring the text "tip" in black letters.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20080402142447652149037

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • multicolored spiral patterns
  • pixelated text tip
  • symmetrical digital art
  • two identical spirals

Visible Text

  • tip

Wordwall

  • two identical spiral patterns
  • multicolored concentric rings
  • central gray circles
  • black text "tip"
  • pixelated appearance
  • symmetrical composition

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080402142447652149037
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.1 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b6/b66594a1a644fb449dbb37c814d250b80a92c6302f9ba4e5d453e0be7441b5dc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 UTC
Archive ID
b66594a1a644fb44
SHA-256
b66594a1a644fb449dbb37c814d250b80a92c6302f9ba4e5d453e0be7441b5dc
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:30 UTC
Run
1136
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.074046

OpenAI category scores

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A static pixelated image with two identical spiral patterns on a multicolored background, featuring the text "tip" in black letters.

Reviewed
August 4, 2026 at 22:23 UTC
Run
58
Version
v5
Elapsed
16,395 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,145, response 634

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • symmetrical design (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • blue
  • green
  • yellow
  • pink
  • purple
  • gray
  • black

Composition

  • two identical spirals side-by-side
  • central gray circles in each spiral
  • text positioned upper right of the second spiral

Dense Caption

The image displays two symmetrical spiral patterns composed of concentric rings in multiple colors including blue, green, yellow, pink, and purple. Each spiral has a central gray circular area surrounded by alternating colored bands that create a rainbow effect. The background consists of the same multicolored pixelated pattern as the spirals. In the upper right portion of the image, there is black text reading "tip" with visible pixelation around the letters.

Description

  • A static pixelated image with two identical spiral patterns on a multicolored background, featuring the text "tip" in black letters.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20080402142447652149037

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • multicolored spiral patterns
  • pixelated text tip
  • symmetrical digital art
  • two identical spirals

Style

  • pixel art
  • retro digital
  • symmetrical design

Visible Text

  • tip

Wordwall

  • two identical spiral patterns
  • multicolored concentric rings
  • central gray circles
  • black text "tip"
  • pixelated appearance
  • symmetrical composition
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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
20080402142447652149037
Archive entry
20080402142447652149037.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 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#20080402142447652149037.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080402142447652149037.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016