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Blue background with yellow text 'Aric' and '6-13-08' above a of five white and light blue pixelated shapes

Blue background with yellow text 'Aric' and '6-13-08' above a of five white and light blue pixelated shapes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Sh…

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Color

Source terms

Animation

  • shape position changes

Animation Summary

  • The middle shape shifts from light blue to white and back to light blue across observations.

Composition

  • text above shapes
  • centered text
  • centered shapes
  • horizontal arrangement

Dense Caption

Blue background. Yellow pixelated text 'Aric' at top center. Yellow pixelated text '6-13-08' below 'Aric'. Five pixelated shapes below text: white, white, light blue, white, white. Second version shows white, white, light blue, white, white shapes. Shapes are small, blocky, and pixelated. Text is consistent across versions. Background is solid blue. Shapes are arranged horizontally. Text is centered. Shapes are centered below text. Text is above shapes. Shapes are below text. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is pixelated. Shapes are pixelated. Text is consistent. Shapes are consistent. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is 'Aric'. Text is '6-13-08'. Shapes are five. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is solid blue. Text is centered. Shapes are centered. Text is above shapes. Shapes are below text. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is pixelated. Shapes are pixelated. Text is consistent. Shapes are consistent. Text is 'Aric'. Text is '6-13-08'. Shapes are five. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is solid blue. Text is centered. Shapes are centered. Text is above shapes. Shapes are below text. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is pixelated. Shapes are pixelated. Text is consistent. Shapes are consistent. Text is 'Aric'. Text is '6-13-08'. Shapes are five. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is solid blue. Text is centered. Shapes are centered. Text is above shapes. Shapes are below text. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is pixelated. Shapes are pixelated. Text is consistent. Shapes are consistent. Text is 'Aric'. Text is '6-13-08'. Shapes are five. '

Description

  • Blue background with yellow text 'Aric' and '6-13-08' above a of five white and light blue pixelated shapes

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue background yellow text aric
  • 6-13-08 pixelated shapes
  • white light blue shapes
  • centered pixelated text

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Blue background with yellow text 'Aric' and '6-13-08' above a row of five white and light blue pixelated shapes.

Visible Text

  • Aric
  • 6-13-08

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • yellow text 'Aric'
  • yellow text '6-13-08'
  • five pixelated shapes
  • white shapes
  • light blue shape
  • centered text
  • centered shapes
  • pixelated rendering
  • solid background

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080704123421536862165
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:32 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
274 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
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 15:32 UTC
Archive ID
d8843d083c113e59
SHA-256
d8843d083c113e59062c67877d05e002d3371b53a9dff1952cb3723e48200c16
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 30, 2026 at 09:26 UTC
Run
15966
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000073

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:49 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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Blue background with yellow text 'Aric' and '6-13-08' above a of five white and light blue pixelated shapes

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 10:33 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
11,237 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,147, response 987

Review tags

  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • shape position changes (other, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Animation

  • shape position changes

Animation Summary

  • The middle shape shifts from light blue to white and back to light blue across observations.

Colors

  • blue
  • yellow
  • white
  • light blue

Composition

  • text above shapes
  • centered text
  • centered shapes
  • horizontal arrangement

Dense Caption

Blue background. Yellow pixelated text 'Aric' at top center. Yellow pixelated text '6-13-08' below 'Aric'. Five pixelated shapes below text: white, white, light blue, white, white. Second version shows white, white, light blue, white, white shapes. Shapes are small, blocky, and pixelated. Text is consistent across versions. Background is solid blue. Shapes are arranged horizontally. Text is centered. Shapes are centered below text. Text is above shapes. Shapes are below text. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is pixelated. Shapes are pixelated. Text is consistent. Shapes are consistent. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is 'Aric'. Text is '6-13-08'. Shapes are five. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is solid blue. Text is centered. Shapes are centered. Text is above shapes. Shapes are below text. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is pixelated. Shapes are pixelated. Text is consistent. Shapes are consistent. Text is 'Aric'. Text is '6-13-08'. Shapes are five. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is solid blue. Text is centered. Shapes are centered. Text is above shapes. Shapes are below text. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is pixelated. Shapes are pixelated. Text is consistent. Shapes are consistent. Text is 'Aric'. Text is '6-13-08'. Shapes are five. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is solid blue. Text is centered. Shapes are centered. Text is above shapes. Shapes are below text. Text is yellow. Shapes are white and light blue. Background is blue. Text is pixelated. Shapes are pixelated. Text is consistent. Shapes are consistent. Text is 'Aric'. Text is '6-13-08'. Shapes are five. '

Description

  • Blue background with yellow text 'Aric' and '6-13-08' above a of five white and light blue pixelated shapes

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue background yellow text aric
  • 6-13-08 pixelated shapes
  • white light blue shapes
  • centered pixelated text

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Blue background with yellow text 'Aric' and '6-13-08' above a row of five white and light blue pixelated shapes.

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky
  • low-resolution

Visible Text

  • Aric
  • 6-13-08

Wordwall

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  • yellow text 'Aric'
  • yellow text '6-13-08'
  • five pixelated shapes
  • white shapes
  • light blue shape
  • centered text
  • centered shapes
  • pixelated rendering
  • solid background
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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
20080704123421536862165
Archive entry
20080704123421536862165.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:32 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#20080704123421536862165.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080704123421536862165.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016