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A grid of nine pixelated character portraits with varied backgrounds and clothing, each in a distinct color-blocked square.

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A grid of nine pixelated character portraits with varied backgrounds and clothing, each in a distinct color-blocked square.

A grid of nine pixelated character portraits with varied backgrounds and clothing, each in a distinct color-blocked square. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIc…

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Composition

  • 3x3 grid
  • square panels
  • varied background colors

Dense Caption

Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid. Top row: left portrait on green background with dark clothing, middle on yellow background with dark clothing, right on pink background with blue clothing. Middle row: left on orange background with dark clothing, center on red background with dark clothing, right on yellow background with white clothing. Bottom row: left on pink background with dark clothing, center on cyan background with dark clothing, right on red background with dark clothing. All portraits show partial faces with visible hair and clothing details.

Description

  • A grid of nine pixelated character portraits with varied backgrounds and clothing, each in a distinct color-blocked square.

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.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20100407090503943218127

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • nine pixelated character portraits
  • 3x3 grid color-blocked portraits
  • green yellow pink orange red cyan backgrounds
  • dark white clothing portraits

Preprocessing Notes

  • pixelation obscures fine details

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 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

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  • pixelated portraits
  • green background
  • yellow background
  • pink background
  • orange background
  • red background
  • cyan background
  • dark clothing
  • white clothing
  • partial faces
  • hair details
  • color-blocked squares

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20100407090503943218127
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 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 16:06 UTC
Archive ID
e141fb47ac087ea7
SHA-256
e141fb47ac087ea7284b3d9f74b13b3c05cba3c7c2078d09d540cc29660fe763
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Assessed
August 26, 2026 at 18:27 UTC
Run
1349
Input
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Assessed
July 27, 2026 at 18:32 UTC
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1196
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A grid of nine pixelated character portraits with varied backgrounds and clothing, each in a distinct color-blocked square.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 18:20 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,445 ms
Tokens
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  • pink
  • orange
  • red
  • cyan
  • dark clothing
  • white clothing

Composition

  • 3x3 grid
  • square panels
  • varied background colors

Dense Caption

Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid. Top row: left portrait on green background with dark clothing, middle on yellow background with dark clothing, right on pink background with blue clothing. Middle row: left on orange background with dark clothing, center on red background with dark clothing, right on yellow background with white clothing. Bottom row: left on pink background with dark clothing, center on cyan background with dark clothing, right on red background with dark clothing. All portraits show partial faces with visible hair and clothing details.

Description

  • A grid of nine pixelated character portraits with varied backgrounds and clothing, each in a distinct color-blocked square.

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.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20100407090503943218127

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • 3x3 grid color-blocked portraits
  • green yellow pink orange red cyan backgrounds
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Preprocessing Notes

  • pixelation obscures fine details

Source Metadata Interpretation

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
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Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
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Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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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
20100407090503943218127
Archive entry
20100407090503943218127.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 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#20100407090503943218127.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20100407090503943218127.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016