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Pixelated close-up of a person with dark hair wearing black-framed glasses, light skin tone, and a subtle smile against a neutral background.

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Pixelated close-up of a person with dark hair wearing black-framed glasses, light skin tone, and a subtle smile against a neutral background.

Pixelated close-up of a person with dark hair wearing black-framed glasses, light skin tone, and a subtle smile against a neutral background. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • close-up portrait
  • centered subject
  • cropped at shoulders

Dense Caption

The image is a pixelated close-up portrait showing the upper face and shoulders. The subject has short dark brown or black hair visible above the forehead and behind the ears. They wear thick black rectangular eyeglass frames with clear lenses. Skin tone appears light beige with subtle shading on cheeks and nose. Mouth shows a faint closed-lip smile. Background is indistinct neutral tones, possibly off-white or pale tan. Pixelation creates blocky texture across all elements. No visible clothing beyond the top of shoulders. The image has no text, symbols, or additional props.

Description

Pixelated close-up of a person with dark hair wearing black-framed glasses, light skin tone, and a subtle smile against a neutral background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200801291426341694576530

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 2007-2016

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated person with glasses
  • dark hair close-up smile
  • beige skin black frames
  • neutral background portrait

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-resolution from original source

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 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

Visually Supported Entities

  • person

Wordwall

  • pixelated close-up
  • dark hair
  • black eyeglass frames
  • light skin tone
  • subtle smile
  • neutral background

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801291426341694576530
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 UTC

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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 15:12 UTC
Archive ID
fe57dfcc6982ff89
SHA-256
fe57dfcc6982ff892b9792b758cc91742abec0a0843ebfc53ab6b2b1dafe1731
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:09 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.074828

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Pixelated close-up of a person with dark hair wearing black-framed glasses, light skin tone, and a subtle smile against a neutral background.

Reviewed
July 31, 2026 at 13:41 UTC
Run
55
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,460 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,087, response 708

Review tags

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  • black (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • tan (color, 0.80)
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  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • eyeglasses (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
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  • person (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • smiling

Colors

  • beige
  • brown
  • black
  • tan

Composition

  • close-up portrait
  • centered subject
  • cropped at shoulders

Dense Caption

The image is a pixelated close-up portrait showing the upper face and shoulders. The subject has short dark brown or black hair visible above the forehead and behind the ears. They wear thick black rectangular eyeglass frames with clear lenses. Skin tone appears light beige with subtle shading on cheeks and nose. Mouth shows a faint closed-lip smile. Background is indistinct neutral tones, possibly off-white or pale tan. Pixelation creates blocky texture across all elements. No visible clothing beyond the top of shoulders. The image has no text, symbols, or additional props.

Description

Pixelated close-up of a person with dark hair wearing black-framed glasses, light skin tone, and a subtle smile against a neutral background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200801291426341694576530

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 2007-2016

Mood

  • neutral
  • friendly

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated person with glasses
  • dark hair close-up smile
  • beige skin black frames
  • neutral background portrait

Objects

  • eyeglasses

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears upscaled or low-resolution from original source

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • person

Visually Supported Entities

  • person

Wordwall

  • pixelated close-up
  • dark hair
  • black eyeglass frames
  • light skin tone
  • subtle smile
  • neutral background
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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
200801291426341694576530
Archive entry
200801291426341694576530.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 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#200801291426341694576530.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801291426341694576530.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016