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Pixelated static image showing a dark curved shape above a light blue and gray gradient background with scattered turquoise patches.

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Pixelated static image showing a dark curved shape above a light blue and gray gradient background with scattered turquoise patches.

Pixelated static image showing a dark curved shape above a light blue and gray gradient background with scattered turquoise patches. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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Color

Source terms

Composition

  • upper dark curved shape
  • gradient background
  • scattered patches

Dense Caption

Static pixelated image with a large dark brown curved shape dominating the upper portion. Below it, a gradient background transitions from light gray to pale blue. Scattered turquoise patches appear in the middle and lower sections. The image has low resolution with visible pixelation across all areas. No text, figures, or distinct objects are recognizable. The overall composition is abstract with no clear subject or identifiable elements.

Description

  • Pixelated static image showing a dark curved shape above a light blue and gray gradient background with scattered turquoise patches.

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): 200904280324591794054313
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200904280324591794054313

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dark brown curved shape
  • light gray to pale blue gradient
  • scattered turquoise patches
  • pixelated abstract image

Wordwall

  • dark brown curved shape
  • light gray to pale blue gradient
  • scattered turquoise patches
  • low resolution
  • pixelated
  • abstract composition

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200904280324591794054313
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fc/fcc152c05500ed43c092861b58e0041884bfa2f585b324c2df0a004a84069211.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC
Archive ID
fcc152c05500ed43
SHA-256
fcc152c05500ed43c092861b58e0041884bfa2f585b324c2df0a004a84069211
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:37 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.077584

OpenAI category scores

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Pixelated static image showing a dark curved shape above a light blue and gray gradient background with scattered turquoise patches.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 08:09 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,930 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,095, response 683

Review tags

  • dark brown (color, 0.80)
  • light gray (color, 0.80)
  • pale blue (color, 0.80)
  • turquoise (color, 0.80)
  • abstract (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • dark brown
  • light gray
  • pale blue
  • turquoise

Composition

  • upper dark curved shape
  • gradient background
  • scattered patches

Dense Caption

Static pixelated image with a large dark brown curved shape dominating the upper portion. Below it, a gradient background transitions from light gray to pale blue. Scattered turquoise patches appear in the middle and lower sections. The image has low resolution with visible pixelation across all areas. No text, figures, or distinct objects are recognizable. The overall composition is abstract with no clear subject or identifiable elements.

Description

  • Pixelated static image showing a dark curved shape above a light blue and gray gradient background with scattered turquoise patches.

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): 200904280324591794054313
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200904280324591794054313

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • dark brown curved shape
  • light gray to pale blue gradient
  • scattered turquoise patches
  • pixelated abstract image

Style

  • pixelated
  • low resolution
  • abstract

Wordwall

  • dark brown curved shape
  • light gray to pale blue gradient
  • scattered turquoise patches
  • low resolution
  • pixelated
  • abstract composition
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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
200904280324591794054313
Archive entry
200904280324591794054313.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 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#200904280324591794054313.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200904280324591794054313.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016