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Two pixelated figures embrace; one yellow with closed eyes, the other blue with a circular eye, against a light background with a faint heart shape.

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Two pixelated figures embrace; one yellow with closed eyes, the other blue with a circular eye, against a light background with a faint heart shape.

Two pixelated figures embrace; one yellow with closed eyes, the other blue with a circular eye, against a light background with a faint heart shape. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • two figures
  • embrace
  • heart shape upper right
  • light background

Dense Caption

Two pixelated figures embrace. The left figure is yellow with closed eyes and a rounded head. The right figure is blue with a circular eye and a rounded head. Both figures have simple, blocky bodies. The background is light beige with a faint, pixelated heart shape in the upper right. The image uses a low-resolution, 8-bit style with visible pixelation.

Description

Two pixelated figures embrace; one yellow with closed eyes, the other blue with a circular eye, against a light background with a faint heart shape.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • 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
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200812231756581012474346

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow blue embrace pixelated
  • pixelated figures embrace heart
  • 8-bit yellow blue figures
  • closed eyes circular eye embrace
  • light background pixelated heart

Objects

  • heart shape

Wordwall

  • pixelated figures
  • yellow figure
  • blue figure
  • closed eyes
  • circular eye
  • embrace
  • light background
  • faint heart
  • 8-bit style
  • blocky bodies

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812231756581012474346
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC

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GIF
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48×48 pixels
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2.2 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC
Archive ID
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SHA-256
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:37 UTC
Run
1140
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Two pixelated figures embrace; one yellow with closed eyes, the other blue with a circular eye, against a light background with a faint heart shape.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 15:10 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,554 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,086, response 711

Review tags

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  • light beige (color, 0.80)
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  • blue figure (subject, 0.80)
  • yellow figure (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • embrace

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  • yellow
  • blue
  • light beige

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  • two figures
  • embrace
  • heart shape upper right
  • light background

Dense Caption

Two pixelated figures embrace. The left figure is yellow with closed eyes and a rounded head. The right figure is blue with a circular eye and a rounded head. Both figures have simple, blocky bodies. The background is light beige with a faint, pixelated heart shape in the upper right. The image uses a low-resolution, 8-bit style with visible pixelation.

Description

Two pixelated figures embrace; one yellow with closed eyes, the other blue with a circular eye, against a light background with a faint heart shape.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
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  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • 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
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200812231756581012474346

Mood

  • affectionate
  • simple

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  • blocky

Subjects

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  • blue figure

Wordwall

  • pixelated figures
  • yellow figure
  • blue figure
  • closed eyes
  • circular eye
  • embrace
  • light 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
200812231756581012474346
Archive entry
200812231756581012474346.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 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#200812231756581012474346.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812231756581012474346.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016