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A static pixelated image shows a dark central shape surrounded by bright yellow and orange flame-like patterns against a dark background.

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A static pixelated image shows a dark central shape surrounded by bright yellow and orange flame-like patterns against a dark background.

A static pixelated image shows a dark central shape surrounded by bright yellow and orange flame-like patterns against a dark background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Wayback CDX…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • central dark shape
  • surrounded by flame-like patterns
  • dark background

Dense Caption

The image is a static, pixelated digital artwork with a central dark shape surrounded by bright yellow and orange flame-like patterns. The background is dark, with scattered darker and lighter pixels. The flame patterns have varying shades of yellow, orange, and red, with some white highlights. The central dark shape is irregular and occupies the middle of the image. The overall composition is dense with pixelation, creating a low-resolution, retro digital aesthetic.

Description

  • A static pixelated image shows a dark central shape surrounded by bright yellow and orange flame-like patterns against a dark background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: action
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: animals
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: cars
  • provenance topic-coverage: college
  • provenance topic-coverage: dolls
  • provenance topic-coverage: games

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated flames dark background
  • yellow orange red pixel art
  • central dark shape flame patterns
  • retro digital pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • image is static

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2005
  • provenance era: 2011
  • provenance source-name: Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs
  • provenance topic-coverage: action
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: animals
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: cars
  • provenance topic-coverage: college
  • provenance topic-coverage: dolls
  • provenance topic-coverage: games

Wordwall

  • pixelated
  • flame-like patterns
  • yellow
  • orange
  • red
  • dark background
  • central dark shape
  • low-resolution
  • retro digital
  • scattered pixels

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Added to archive
July 11, 2026

Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs

Source title
10796
Category
img / icon
Era
Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
Observed
July 11, 2026 at 19:35 UTC

Original record Source download

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.3 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 11, 2026
Relative path
icons/fd/fde93f60eb5dcb0ab5a846e5e54058bc08a2c1b7508c7fd45fa703a649f866cc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 11, 2026 at 19:35 UTC
Archive ID
fde93f60eb5dcb0a
SHA-256
fde93f60eb5dcb0ab5a846e5e54058bc08a2c1b7508c7fd45fa703a649f866cc
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:09 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.097776

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.902224onnx/unsafe0.097776onnx/nsfw0.053564onnx/nsfl0.044212
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A static pixelated image shows a dark central shape surrounded by bright yellow and orange flame-like patterns against a dark background.

Reviewed
August 24, 2026 at 14:35 UTC
Run
68
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,695 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,024, response 671

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • dark gray (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • chaotic (mood, 0.80)
  • dynamic (mood, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • dark shape (subject, 0.80)
  • flames (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • yellow
  • orange
  • red
  • dark gray
  • black

Composition

  • central dark shape
  • surrounded by flame-like patterns
  • dark background

Dense Caption

The image is a static, pixelated digital artwork with a central dark shape surrounded by bright yellow and orange flame-like patterns. The background is dark, with scattered darker and lighter pixels. The flame patterns have varying shades of yellow, orange, and red, with some white highlights. The central dark shape is irregular and occupies the middle of the image. The overall composition is dense with pixelation, creating a low-resolution, retro digital aesthetic.

Description

  • A static pixelated image shows a dark central shape surrounded by bright yellow and orange flame-like patterns against a dark background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance topic-coverage: action
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: animals
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: cars
  • provenance topic-coverage: college
  • provenance topic-coverage: dolls
  • provenance topic-coverage: games

Mood

  • dynamic
  • chaotic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated flames dark background
  • yellow orange red pixel art
  • central dark shape flame patterns
  • retro digital pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • image is static

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2005
  • provenance era: 2011
  • provenance source-name: Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs
  • provenance topic-coverage: action
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: animals
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: cars
  • provenance topic-coverage: college
  • provenance topic-coverage: dolls
  • provenance topic-coverage: games

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro digital

Subjects

  • flames
  • dark shape

Wordwall

  • pixelated
  • flame-like patterns
  • yellow
  • orange
  • red
  • dark background
  • central dark shape
  • low-resolution
  • retro digital
  • scattered pixels
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 03:38 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 (1)
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Full source records (1)
Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs (wayback-buddy-icons-info-img-icon-gifs)
Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
Type
Wayback direct native asset enumeration
Category
img / icon
Alt
10796
Observed
July 11, 2026 at 19:35 UTC
Rights
mixed user-submitted and licensed imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
native Buddy-Icons.info AIM icon assets spanning user submissions, fandom, identity, relationships, school, sports, music, movies, and celebrity culture
Original: http://buddy-icons.info/img/icon/10796.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20101027094007id_/http://buddy-icons.info/img/icon/10796.gif