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Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side, each with distinct clothing and hairstyles, against a light background.

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Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side, each with distinct clothing and hairstyles, against a light background.

Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side, each with distinct clothing and hairstyles, against a light background. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shar…

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Color

Source terms

Composition

  • side-by-side
  • shoulders touching
  • partially visible arms

Dense Caption

Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side. Left figure wears light gray shirt with dark 'R' symbol, brown hair. Middle figure wears white shirt, dark cap, brown hair. Right figure wears black jacket, dark hair. All faces are pixelated. Background is light. Figures are positioned closely together, shoulders touching. Left figure's arm is partially visible on the left edge. Middle figure's right arm is partially visible. Right figure's right arm is partially visible. All figures have light skin tones.

Description

  • Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side, each with distinct clothing and hairstyles, against a light 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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • three pixelated figures
  • light gray shirt with R symbol
  • white shirt dark cap
  • black jacket brown hair
  • shoulders touching pixelated figures

Visible Text

  • R

Wordwall

  • three figures
  • pixelated
  • light gray shirt
  • dark 'R' symbol
  • brown hair
  • white shirt
  • dark cap
  • black jacket
  • light background
  • shoulders touching
  • partially visible arms

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2007082121422168991411
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:40 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 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 14:40 UTC
Archive ID
f62e27fe197b4c22
SHA-256
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:05 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
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sfw
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side, each with distinct clothing and hairstyles, against a light background.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 03:43 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,252 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,086, response 665

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
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  • light gray
  • white
  • black
  • brown
  • light

Composition

  • side-by-side
  • shoulders touching
  • partially visible arms

Dense Caption

Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side. Left figure wears light gray shirt with dark 'R' symbol, brown hair. Middle figure wears white shirt, dark cap, brown hair. Right figure wears black jacket, dark hair. All faces are pixelated. Background is light. Figures are positioned closely together, shoulders touching. Left figure's arm is partially visible on the left edge. Middle figure's right arm is partially visible. Right figure's right arm is partially visible. All figures have light skin tones.

Description

  • Three pixelated figures stand side-by-side, each with distinct clothing and hairstyles, against a light 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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • three pixelated figures
  • light gray shirt with R symbol
  • white shirt dark cap
  • black jacket brown hair
  • shoulders touching pixelated figures

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • three figures

Visible Text

  • R

Wordwall

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  • pixelated
  • light gray shirt
  • dark 'R' symbol
  • brown hair
  • white shirt
  • dark cap
  • black jacket
  • light background
  • shoulders touching
  • partially visible arms
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 12:36 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)
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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
2007082121422168991411
Archive entry
2007082121422168991411.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:40 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#2007082121422168991411.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2007082121422168991411.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016