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Four pixelated black shapes on colored backgrounds arranged in a 2x2 grid, each shape distinct and stylized.

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Four pixelated black shapes on colored backgrounds arranged in a 2x2 grid, each shape distinct and stylized.

Four pixelated black shapes on colored backgrounds arranged in a 2x2 grid, each shape distinct and stylized. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Budd…

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Composition

  • 2x2 grid layout
  • four distinct panels
  • uniform spacing between panels

Dense Caption

Top-left: solid black abstract shape with vertical stem and angled extension on pink background. Top-right: thick black curved loop with open center on orange background. Bottom-left: symmetrical black Y-shaped form with two upward branches on light blue background. Bottom-right: angular black shape resembling a stylized arrow or hand gesture on bright green background. All shapes are pixelated, solid black fill, no visible text or additional details.

Description

  • Four pixelated black shapes on colored backgrounds arranged in a 2x2 grid, each shape distinct and stylized.

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
  • 20071017230606899139429

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated black shapes 2x2 grid
  • abstract forms pink orange blue green backgrounds
  • stylized pixel art four panels
  • black abstract icons colored backgrounds

Wordwall

  • pixelated
  • black shapes
  • pink background
  • orange background
  • light blue background
  • bright green background
  • 2x2 grid
  • abstract forms
  • solid fill

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071017230606899139429
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 UTC

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GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 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 14:50 UTC
Archive ID
bceaa677c46fbeb8
SHA-256
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:35 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
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Four pixelated black shapes on colored backgrounds arranged in a 2x2 grid, each shape distinct and stylized.

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 10:53 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,601 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,084, response 619

Review tags

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  • pink
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  • light blue
  • bright green
  • black

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  • four distinct panels
  • uniform spacing between panels

Dense Caption

Top-left: solid black abstract shape with vertical stem and angled extension on pink background. Top-right: thick black curved loop with open center on orange background. Bottom-left: symmetrical black Y-shaped form with two upward branches on light blue background. Bottom-right: angular black shape resembling a stylized arrow or hand gesture on bright green background. All shapes are pixelated, solid black fill, no visible text or additional details.

Description

  • Four pixelated black shapes on colored backgrounds arranged in a 2x2 grid, each shape distinct and stylized.

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
  • 20071017230606899139429

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • abstract forms pink orange blue green backgrounds
  • stylized pixel art four panels
  • black abstract icons colored backgrounds

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  • pixelated
  • minimalist
  • stylized

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  • abstract shapes

Wordwall

  • pixelated
  • black shapes
  • pink background
  • orange background
  • light blue background
  • bright green background
  • 2x2 grid
  • abstract forms
  • solid fill
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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
20071017230606899139429
Archive entry
20071017230606899139429.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 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#20071017230606899139429.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071017230606899139429.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016