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Blue pixelated abstract figure with two large white eyes, a pointed top, and wing-like extensions on sides, standing against gray background.

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Blue pixelated abstract figure with two large white eyes, a pointed top, and wing-like extensions on sides, standing against gray background.

Blue pixelated abstract figure with two large white eyes, a pointed top, and wing-like extensions on sides, standing against gray background. 48×48 PNG AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • centered figure
  • solid background
  • asymmetrical shape

Dense Caption

Blue pixelated abstract figure with two large white eyes, each containing a small black pupil. The figure has a pointed top, wing-like extensions on both sides, and a rounded lower body. The figure's limbs are short and angled. The background is solid light gray. The image uses a limited blue color palette with varying shades from light to dark blue. The figure's overall shape is asymmetrical. The pixelation is prominent, with visible blocky pixels.

Description

Blue pixelated abstract figure with two large white eyes, a pointed top, and wing-like extensions on sides, standing against gray background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • observation category (gallery): Favorites
  • observation file-name (gallery): mybuddy3
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): my-buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): tucows
  • observation title (gallery): 039
  • observation file-name (gallery): 039

Metadata Only Entities

  • my-buddy-icons
  • tucows
  • aim
  • buddy-icons
  • desktop utility
  • bundled icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue pixelated abstract figure
  • two white eyes blue figure
  • asymmetrical blue pixel art
  • light gray background pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2002
  • provenance era: 2004
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive / Tucows My Buddy Icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2004
  • provenance topic-coverage: abstract graphics
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: bundled icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: desktop utility
  • provenance cultural-slice: desktop utility bundled icon collections

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  • blue pixelated figure
  • two white eyes
  • small black pupils
  • pointed top
  • wing-like extensions
  • asymmetrical shape
  • light gray background
  • limited blue color palette
  • visible pixelation

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Technical archive details
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PNG
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e6/e69c176b5ea14fcdc2949f9a102966b4d32bb03af2729424be3e0bf4ca33cd91.png
Media type
image/png
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 12:49 UTC
Archive ID
e69c176b5ea14fcd
SHA-256
e69c176b5ea14fcdc2949f9a102966b4d32bb03af2729424be3e0bf4ca33cd91
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onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:57 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.129057

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Blue pixelated abstract figure with two large white eyes, a pointed top, and wing-like extensions on sides, standing against gray background.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 01:26 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,727 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,027, response 690

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • light gray (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • abstract (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • abstract figure (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • blue
  • light gray
  • white
  • black

Composition

  • centered figure
  • solid background
  • asymmetrical shape

Dense Caption

Blue pixelated abstract figure with two large white eyes, each containing a small black pupil. The figure has a pointed top, wing-like extensions on both sides, and a rounded lower body. The figure's limbs are short and angled. The background is solid light gray. The image uses a limited blue color palette with varying shades from light to dark blue. The figure's overall shape is asymmetrical. The pixelation is prominent, with visible blocky pixels.

Description

Blue pixelated abstract figure with two large white eyes, a pointed top, and wing-like extensions on sides, standing against gray background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • observation category (gallery): Favorites
  • observation file-name (gallery): mybuddy3
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): my-buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): tucows
  • observation title (gallery): 039
  • observation file-name (gallery): 039

Metadata Only Entities

  • my-buddy-icons
  • tucows
  • aim
  • buddy-icons
  • desktop utility
  • bundled icons

Mood

  • neutral
  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue pixelated abstract figure
  • two white eyes blue figure
  • asymmetrical blue pixel art
  • light gray background pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2002
  • provenance era: 2004
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive / Tucows My Buddy Icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2004
  • provenance topic-coverage: abstract graphics
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: bundled icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: desktop utility
  • provenance cultural-slice: desktop utility bundled icon collections

Style

  • pixel art
  • abstract
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • abstract figure

Wordwall

  • blue pixelated figure
  • two white eyes
  • small black pupils
  • pointed top
  • wing-like extensions
  • asymmetrical shape
  • light gray background
  • limited blue color palette
  • visible pixelation
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 06:24 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 (3)
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Full source records (1)
Internet Archive / Tucows My Buddy Icons (internet-archive-tucows-my-buddy-icons)
Kind
local-directory
Era
Early-2000s Downloadware
Type
safely extracted archived Windows utility icon library
Category
Favorites
Title
039
Archive entry
Favorites/039.ico
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 12:49 UTC
Rights
publisher-described original utility-bundled icons; research/reference only by default
Slice
desktop utility bundled icon collections
Original: https://archive.org/download/tucows_305348_My_Buddy_Icons/mybuddy3.exe#Favorites%2F039.ico Download: https://archive.org/download/tucows_305348_My_Buddy_Icons/mybuddy3.exe#Favorites%2F039.ico Page: https://archive.org/details/tucows_305348_My_Buddy_Icons