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Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with dark hair and the other with lighter brown hair, both wearing white tops against a light background.

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Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with dark hair and the other with lighter brown hair, both wearing white tops against a light background.

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • close-up
  • profile view
  • two figures side-by-side

Dense Caption

Pixelated static image showing two human faces in profile view. Left face has short dark brown hair, visible eye with pinkish skin tone, and mouth slightly open. Right face has longer brown hair, visible eye with darker iris, and mouth closed. Both wear white clothing; left figure's collar appears to have a small purple detail. Background is light blue on top transitioning to white below. Image exhibits low-resolution pixelation typical of early 2000s digital art.

Description

Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with dark hair and the other with lighter brown hair, both wearing white tops against a light background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • celebrities

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two faces pixelated profile white clothing
  • dark brown hair lighter brown hair purple detail
  • light blue background pixel art static image

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled from original resolution

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Visually Supported Entities

  • human face

Wordwall

  • two faces
  • profile view
  • dark brown hair
  • lighter brown hair
  • white clothing
  • pinkish skin tone
  • purple detail
  • light blue background
  • pixelated

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071222134009323410215
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 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
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC
Archive ID
c8ae3a1c6f6e2896
SHA-256
c8ae3a1c6f6e28960114756bb078b6b849a9a57028b5d86601f14cfd61b888c8
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:41 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
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Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with dark hair and the other with lighter brown hair, both wearing white tops against a light background.

Reviewed
July 31, 2026 at 03:49 UTC
Run
55
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,310 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,094, response 694

Review tags

  • dark brown (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
  • lighter brown (color, 0.80)
  • pinkish (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • intimate (mood, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • static image (style, 0.80)
  • human face (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • dark brown
  • lighter brown
  • white
  • pinkish
  • purple
  • light blue

Composition

  • close-up
  • profile view
  • two figures side-by-side

Dense Caption

Pixelated static image showing two human faces in profile view. Left face has short dark brown hair, visible eye with pinkish skin tone, and mouth slightly open. Right face has longer brown hair, visible eye with darker iris, and mouth closed. Both wear white clothing; left figure's collar appears to have a small purple detail. Background is light blue on top transitioning to white below. Image exhibits low-resolution pixelation typical of early 2000s digital art.

Description

Two pixelated faces in close proximity, one with dark hair and the other with lighter brown hair, both wearing white tops against a light background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • celebrities

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • neutral
  • intimate

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two faces pixelated profile white clothing
  • dark brown hair lighter brown hair purple detail
  • light blue background pixel art static image

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled from original resolution

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007-2016
  • 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

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution
  • static image

Subjects

  • human face

Visually Supported Entities

  • human face

Wordwall

  • two faces
  • profile view
  • dark brown hair
  • lighter brown hair
  • white clothing
  • pinkish skin tone
  • purple detail
  • light blue background
  • pixelated
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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
20071222134009323410215
Archive entry
20071222134009323410215.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 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#20071222134009323410215.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071222134009323410215.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016