Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Pixelated close-up of a person wearing a dark hat with a light emblem, brown hair, and a purple garment against a dark background.

Permanent icon record

Pixelated close-up of a person wearing a dark hat with a light emblem, brown hair, and a purple garment against a dark background.

Pixelated close-up of a person wearing a dark hat with a light emblem, brown hair, and a purple garment against a dark background. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • close-up
  • head and shoulders
  • solid black background

Dense Caption

Pixelated close-up of a person's head and upper shoulders. The person wears a dark hat with a light-colored emblem on the front. Brown hair is visible beneath the hat. The person's face shows closed eyes and a neutral expression. The garment is purple with blue accents. The background is solid black. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance typical of early digital graphics.

Description

  • Pixelated close-up of a person wearing a dark hat with a light emblem, brown hair, and a purple garment against a dark background.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • 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
  • 200708021405332016312471

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • person wearing dark hat with emblem
  • closed eyes purple garment
  • pixelated close-up black background
  • brown hair dark hat blue accents

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled from lower resolution

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Wordwall

  • dark hat
  • light emblem
  • brown hair
  • closed eyes
  • purple garment
  • blue accents
  • black background
  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • blocky appearance

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708021405332016312471
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ce/cef7b054b857f226b005c6af0068a46e7cf53e934956a347310f39ca9b3a2374.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 UTC
Archive ID
cef7b054b857f226
SHA-256
cef7b054b857f226b005c6af0068a46e7cf53e934956a347310f39ca9b3a2374
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:44 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.081641

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.918359onnx/unsafe0.081641onnx/nsfl0.042631onnx/nsfw0.039010
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated close-up of a person wearing a dark hat with a light emblem, brown hair, and a purple garment against a dark background.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 17:45 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,916 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,095, response 818

Review tags

  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • dark (color, 0.80)
  • light (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • emblem (object, 0.80)
  • garment (object, 0.80)
  • hat (object, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • person (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • dark
  • light
  • brown
  • purple
  • blue
  • black

Composition

  • close-up
  • head and shoulders
  • solid black background

Dense Caption

Pixelated close-up of a person's head and upper shoulders. The person wears a dark hat with a light-colored emblem on the front. Brown hair is visible beneath the hat. The person's face shows closed eyes and a neutral expression. The garment is purple with blue accents. The background is solid black. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance typical of early digital graphics.

Description

  • Pixelated close-up of a person wearing a dark hat with a light emblem, brown hair, and a purple garment against a dark background.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • 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
  • 200708021405332016312471

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • person wearing dark hat with emblem
  • closed eyes purple garment
  • pixelated close-up black background
  • brown hair dark hat blue accents

Objects

  • hat
  • emblem
  • garment

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled from lower resolution

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • blocky

Subjects

  • person

Wordwall

  • dark hat
  • light emblem
  • brown hair
  • closed eyes
  • purple garment
  • blue accents
  • black background
  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • blocky appearance
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "cef7b054b857f226b005c6af0068a46e7cf53e934956a347310f39ca9b3a2374",
  "description": "Pixelated close-up of a person wearing a dark hat with a light emblem, brown hair, and a purple garment against a dark background.",
  "denseCaption": "Pixelated close-up of a person\u0027s head and upper shoulders. The person wears a dark hat with a light-colored emblem on the front. Brown hair is visible beneath the hat. The person\u0027s face shows closed eyes and a neutral expression. The garment is purple with blue accents. The background is solid black. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance typical of early digital graphics.",
  "wordwall": [
    "dark hat",
    "light emblem",
    "brown hair",
    "closed eyes",
    "purple garment",
    "blue accents",
    "black background",
    "pixelated",
    "low-resolution",
    "blocky appearance"
  ],
  "visibleText": [],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "person"
  ],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [
    "hat",
    "emblem",
    "garment"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "dark",
    "light",
    "brown",
    "purple",
    "blue",
    "black"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "low-resolution",
    "blocky"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "close-up",
    "head and shoulders",
    "solid black background"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "neutral"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [
    "image appears upscaled from lower resolution"
  ],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive"
  ],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
    "2007-2016",
    "franksicons",
    "200708021405332016312471",
    "200708021405332016312471"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "person wearing dark hat with emblem",
    "closed eyes purple garment",
    "pixelated close-up black background",
    "brown hair dark hat blue accents"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "person",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: person"
    },
    {
      "tag": "hat",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: hat"
    },
    {
      "tag": "emblem",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: emblem"
    },
    {
      "tag": "garment",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: garment"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "low resolution",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: low-resolution"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blocky",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blocky"
    },
    {
      "tag": "neutral",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: neutral"
    },
    {
      "tag": "dark",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: dark"
    },
    {
      "tag": "light",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: light"
    },
    {
      "tag": "brown",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: brown"
    },
    {
      "tag": "purple",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: purple"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "cef7b054b857f226b005c6af0068a46e7cf53e934956a347310f39ca9b3a2374",
        "description": "Pixelated close-up of a person wearing a dark hat with a light emblem, brown hair, and a purple garment against a dark background.",
        "denseCaption": "Pixelated close-up of a person\u0027s head and upper shoulders. The person wears a dark hat with a light-colored emblem on the front. Brown hair is visible beneath the hat. The person\u0027s face shows closed eyes and a neutral expression. The garment is purple with blue accents. The background is solid black. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance typical of early digital graphics.",
        "wordwall": [
          "dark hat",
          "light emblem",
          "brown hair",
          "closed eyes",
          "purple garment",
          "blue accents",
          "black background",
          "pixelated",
          "low-resolution",
          "blocky appearance"
        ],
        "visibleText": [],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "person"
        ],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [
          "hat",
          "emblem",
          "garment"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "dark",
          "light",
          "brown",
          "purple",
          "blue",
          "black"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "low-resolution",
          "blocky"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "close-up",
          "head and shoulders",
          "solid black background"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "neutral"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [
          "image appears upscaled from lower resolution"
        ],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive"
        ],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
          "2007-2016",
          "franksicons",
          "200708021405332016312471",
          "200708021405332016312471"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "person wearing dark hat with emblem",
          "closed eyes purple garment",
          "pixelated close-up black background",
          "brown hair dark hat blue accents"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 10:10 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
Raw JSON
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
200708021405332016312471
Archive entry
200708021405332016312471.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:36 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#200708021405332016312471.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708021405332016312471.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016