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Four pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a black background, wearing casual clothing in muted tones.

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Four pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a black background, wearing casual clothing in muted tones.

Four pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a black background, wearing casual clothing in muted tones. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Bud…

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Composition

  • side-by-side
  • solid background
  • no cropping

Dense Caption

Four pixelated human figures stand side-by-side against a solid black background. From left to right: first figure wears dark teal long-sleeve shirt and dark pants; second figure wears light teal striped long-sleeve shirt and dark pants; third figure wears dark teal short-sleeve shirt and dark pants; fourth figure wears light gray short-sleeve shirt and dark blue pants. All figures have light skin tones and featureless faces. The image uses a low-resolution pixel art style with visible dithering and color blending. No text or symbols are present.

Description

  • Four pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a black background, wearing casual clothing in muted tones.

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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2008061612360983013972
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • four pixelated figures
  • black background
  • teal and gray clothing
  • side-by-side figures
  • low-resolution pixel art
  • casual attire
  • featureless faces
  • muted tones

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  • teal clothing
  • gray clothing
  • dark pants
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  • striped shirt
  • short-sleeve
  • long-sleeve
  • light gray shirt
  • dark blue pants
  • muted tones
  • solid background
  • no text
  • casual attire

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2008061612360983013972
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/be/be472eb6312ffec543754855885a53812811bdece3461b50ffb5813b60739ec5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 UTC
Archive ID
be472eb6312ffec5
SHA-256
be472eb6312ffec543754855885a53812811bdece3461b50ffb5813b60739ec5
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:35 UTC
Run
1140
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sfw
Overall score
0.088174

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Four pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a black background, wearing casual clothing in muted tones.

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 06:21 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,534 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,086, response 812

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  • light gray (color, 0.80)
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  • light gray
  • teal
  • dark teal
  • dark blue
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Composition

  • side-by-side
  • solid background
  • no cropping

Dense Caption

Four pixelated human figures stand side-by-side against a solid black background. From left to right: first figure wears dark teal long-sleeve shirt and dark pants; second figure wears light teal striped long-sleeve shirt and dark pants; third figure wears dark teal short-sleeve shirt and dark pants; fourth figure wears light gray short-sleeve shirt and dark blue pants. All figures have light skin tones and featureless faces. The image uses a low-resolution pixel art style with visible dithering and color blending. No text or symbols are present.

Description

  • Four pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a black background, wearing casual clothing in muted tones.

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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

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  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2008061612360983013972
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

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  • striped shirt
  • short-sleeve
  • long-sleeve
  • light gray shirt
  • dark blue pants
  • muted tones
  • solid background
  • no text
  • casual attire
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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
2008061612360983013972
Archive entry
2008061612360983013972.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 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#2008061612360983013972.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2008061612360983013972.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016