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A grayscale pixelated image shows a partial figure with dark hair and a light-colored garment against a gradient background.

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A grayscale pixelated image shows a partial figure with dark hair and a light-colored garment against a gradient background.

A grayscale pixelated image shows a partial figure with dark hair and a light-colored garment against a gradient background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksI…

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Color

Source terms

Composition

  • partial figure on left
  • gradient background

Dense Caption

The image is a grayscale pixelated static icon. It shows a partial figure with dark hair on the left side, a light-colored garment or head covering, and a dark vertical shape resembling a neck or arm. The background consists of a gradient from dark gray on the left to light gray on the right. There are no visible facial features, text, or distinct props. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance with no discernible motion or animation.

Description

  • A grayscale pixelated image shows a partial figure with dark hair and a light-colored garment against a gradient 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 topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 200812270932171166741037
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200812270932171166741037

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • grayscale pixelated partial figure
  • dark hair light garment
  • gradient background static
  • low resolution grayscale icon

Wordwall

  • grayscale
  • pixelated
  • partial figure
  • dark hair
  • light garment
  • gradient background
  • low resolution
  • no text
  • no facial features
  • static

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812270932171166741037
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/dd/ddd6bcd1debc6d145e76ca13393a139620d0aea8eb692594ff2d06481357bb75.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC
Archive ID
ddd6bcd1debc6d14
SHA-256
ddd6bcd1debc6d145e76ca13393a139620d0aea8eb692594ff2d06481357bb75
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 9, 2026 at 02:56 UTC
Run
1278
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.004680

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:52 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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A grayscale pixelated image shows a partial figure with dark hair and a light-colored garment against a gradient background.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 15:32 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,015 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,088, response 689

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • grayscale (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • partial figure (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • black
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • partial figure on left
  • gradient background

Dense Caption

The image is a grayscale pixelated static icon. It shows a partial figure with dark hair on the left side, a light-colored garment or head covering, and a dark vertical shape resembling a neck or arm. The background consists of a gradient from dark gray on the left to light gray on the right. There are no visible facial features, text, or distinct props. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance with no discernible motion or animation.

Description

  • A grayscale pixelated image shows a partial figure with dark hair and a light-colored garment against a gradient 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 topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 200812270932171166741037
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200812270932171166741037

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • grayscale pixelated partial figure
  • dark hair light garment
  • gradient background static
  • low resolution grayscale icon

Style

  • pixelated
  • grayscale
  • low resolution

Subjects

  • partial figure

Wordwall

  • grayscale
  • pixelated
  • partial figure
  • dark hair
  • light garment
  • gradient background
  • low resolution
  • no text
  • no facial features
  • static
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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
200812270932171166741037
Archive entry
200812270932171166741037.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#200812270932171166741037.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812270932171166741037.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016