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A static image of a stylized starburst with a central yellow gem-like shape, surrounded by multicolored radiating points on a dark green background, with text overlays.

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A static image of a stylized starburst with a central yellow gem-like shape, surrounded by multicolored radiating points on a dark green background, with text overlays.

A static image of a stylized starburst with a central yellow gem-like shape, surrounded by multicolored radiating points on a dark green background, with text overlays. Animated 4…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • central gem
  • radiating points
  • text overlays

Dense Caption

The image shows a static, stylized starburst design with a central yellow gem-like shape surrounded by multicolored radiating points in shades of red, orange, blue, and white. The background is dark green. Three black rectangular text boxes with white text display 'cedes' at the top left, top right, and bottom left. A black rectangular text box with white text displays '#1' in the center. The right side of the image has a solid gray area. The overall style is pixelated with a retro digital aesthetic.

Description

A static image of a stylized starburst with a central yellow gem-like shape, surrounded by multicolored radiating points on a dark green background, with text overlays.

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

  • starburst yellow gem text cedes #1
  • pixelated retro digital text boxes
  • dark green background multicolored points
  • gray area starburst gem

Subjects

  • starburst

Visible Text

  • cedes
  • #1

Wordwall

  • starburst
  • yellow gem
  • multicolored points
  • dark green background
  • black text boxes
  • white text
  • cedes
  • #1
  • gray area
  • pixelated

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081207153317105191939
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.1 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
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 15:45 UTC
Archive ID
ff923dd4a9f8639e
SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:10 UTC
Run
1140
Input
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
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A static image of a stylized starburst with a central yellow gem-like shape, surrounded by multicolored radiating points on a dark green background, with text overlays.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 12:47 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,254 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,111, response 697

Review tags

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  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
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  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
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  • gem (subject, 0.80)
  • starburst (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • yellow
  • red
  • orange
  • blue
  • white
  • black
  • dark green
  • gray

Composition

  • central gem
  • radiating points
  • text overlays

Dense Caption

The image shows a static, stylized starburst design with a central yellow gem-like shape surrounded by multicolored radiating points in shades of red, orange, blue, and white. The background is dark green. Three black rectangular text boxes with white text display 'cedes' at the top left, top right, and bottom left. A black rectangular text box with white text displays '#1' in the center. The right side of the image has a solid gray area. The overall style is pixelated with a retro digital aesthetic.

Description

A static image of a stylized starburst with a central yellow gem-like shape, surrounded by multicolored radiating points on a dark green background, with text overlays.

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

Mood

  • neutral

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  • pixelated retro digital text boxes
  • dark green background multicolored points
  • gray area starburst gem

Objects

  • text boxes

Style

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  • gem

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  • cedes
  • #1

Wordwall

  • starburst
  • yellow gem
  • multicolored points
  • dark green background
  • black text boxes
  • white text
  • cedes
  • #1
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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
20081207153317105191939
Archive entry
20081207153317105191939.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 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#20081207153317105191939.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081207153317105191939.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016