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Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid, each with distinct background colors and clothing styles.

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Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid, each with distinct background colors and clothing styles.

Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid, each with distinct background colors and clothing styles. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Sha…

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Composition

  • 3x3 grid
  • centered portraits
  • uniform grid spacing

Dense Caption

Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid. Top row: left portrait on green background with light hair and dark clothing; middle portrait on yellow background with brown hair and dark clothing; right portrait on pink background with brown hair and blue clothing. Middle row: left portrait on orange background with light hair and dark clothing; middle portrait on red background with brown hair and dark clothing; right portrait on yellow background with dark hair and light clothing. Bottom row: left portrait on pink background with dark hair and dark clothing; middle portrait on cyan background with brown hair and dark clothing; right portrait on red background with dark hair and dark clothing. All portraits show neutral expressions with visible eyes and mouths.

Description

  • Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid, each with distinct background colors and clothing styles.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200912081756441528179147

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • green yellow pink orange red cyan backgrounds
  • light brown dark hair
  • dark blue light clothing

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  • cyan background
  • light hair
  • brown hair
  • dark hair
  • dark clothing
  • blue clothing
  • light clothing
  • neutral expressions
  • visible eyes
  • visible mouths

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200912081756441528179147
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.6 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 16:04 UTC
Archive ID
ffba5287bb978434
SHA-256
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Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 22:41 UTC
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Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid, each with distinct background colors and clothing styles.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 21:07 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,197 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,090, response 816

Review tags

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  • red (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
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Colors

  • green
  • yellow
  • pink
  • orange
  • red
  • cyan
  • light hair
  • brown hair
  • dark hair
  • dark clothing
  • blue clothing
  • light clothing

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  • centered portraits
  • uniform grid spacing

Dense Caption

Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid. Top row: left portrait on green background with light hair and dark clothing; middle portrait on yellow background with brown hair and dark clothing; right portrait on pink background with brown hair and blue clothing. Middle row: left portrait on orange background with light hair and dark clothing; middle portrait on red background with brown hair and dark clothing; right portrait on yellow background with dark hair and light clothing. Bottom row: left portrait on pink background with dark hair and dark clothing; middle portrait on cyan background with brown hair and dark clothing; right portrait on red background with dark hair and dark clothing. All portraits show neutral expressions with visible eyes and mouths.

Description

  • Nine pixelated character portraits arranged in a 3x3 grid, each with distinct background colors and clothing styles.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200912081756441528179147

Mood

  • neutral

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  • neutral expressions
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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
200912081756441528179147
Archive entry
200912081756441528179147.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#200912081756441528179147.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200912081756441528179147.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016