Two static pixel art frames of a simple black-and-white character with rounded body, square eyes, and rectangular mouth in neutral expression on white background.

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Two static pixel art frames of a simple black-and-white character with rounded body, square eyes, and rectangular mouth in neutral expression on white background.

Two static pixel art frames of a simple black-and-white character with rounded body, square eyes, and rectangular mouth in neutral expression on white background. Animated 36×32 G…

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Animation

  • frame 0 mouth horizontal
  • frame 1 mouth square

Animation Summary

Two-frame animation showing a simple black-and-white pixel character changing mouth expression from horizontal rectangle to square between frames while maintaining identical pose and eye positions.

Composition

  • centered character
  • single subject per frame
  • minimalist layout

Dense Caption

The image shows two side-by-side animated frames from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Both frames feature the same 16x16-pixel character rendered in high-contrast black and white. The character has a rounded egg-shaped body with solid black limbs (two legs, no arms visible). Facial features include two small square eyes positioned above a rectangular mouth. In frame 0 (left), the mouth is horizontal; in frame 1 (right), the mouth changes to a larger square shape while eye positions remain identical. The character's overall pose and body structure are consistent across both frames with only facial expression differing between them. The background is plain white, typical of AIM buddy icons from the late 1990s/early 2000s era. Pixelation is sharp without anti-aliasing or dithering effects. No text appears in either frame. The animation consists solely of a mouth change between frames with no other movement or visual elements present.

Description

Two static pixel art frames of a simple black-and-white character with rounded body, square eyes, and rectangular mouth in neutral expression on white background.

Identity Hypotheses

{"name":"unidentified pixel character","basis":"both","confidence":0.3,"evidence":"simple 8-bit style consistent with early internet animation"}

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • no specific brand, logo, or fandom markers visible in pixels

Metadata Supported By Image

  • low-resolution pixel art style matches late-90s/early-2000s digital aesthetic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • black white pixel art character
  • 16x16 animated buddy icon
  • pixelated mouth change animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet with 2x1 layout, sampled frames 0 and 1 from source animation (sourceFrameCount=2), white background transparency context

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon style, no nudity or violence present

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • source hints suggest video game or GIF-related icon categories but do not specify character name or origin

Style

  • 8-bit style

Wordwall

  • black and white pixel art
  • 16x16 pixel character
  • rounded egg-shaped body
  • square eyes
  • rectangular mouth
  • neutral expression
  • frame 0 mouth horizontal
  • frame 1 mouth square
  • no arms visible
  • solid black limbs
  • white background
  • high-contrast rendering
  • pixelated edges
  • static animation frame
  • character pose consistent
  • mouth change between frames
  • simple facial features
  • no text present

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

GifCities Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 05:35 UTC

GifCities Video Game Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Video-Game Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 9, 2026 at 23:12 UTC

GifCities Video Game Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Video-Game Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 9, 2026 at 23:34 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
36×32 pixels
File size
302 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/7a/7a794954894d2caa6c4231eba2b2c2246fc3c5dabbf84a028ab213753d546088.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:09 UTC
Archive ID
7a794954894d2caa
SHA-256
7a794954894d2caa6c4231eba2b2c2246fc3c5dabbf84a028ab213753d546088
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:43 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.101102

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.902998onnx/unsafe0.101102onnx/nsfw0.064826onnx/nsfl0.036277
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Assessed
July 12, 2026 at 07:42 UTC
Run
28
Input
image
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-smart
Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.950000

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flaglegacy/manual-review0.000000falselegacy/nsfw0.000000false
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Two static pixel art frames of a simple black-and-white character with rounded body, square eyes, and rectangular mouth in neutral expression on white background.

Reviewed
July 12, 2026 at 07:42 UTC
Run
28
Version
v3
Elapsed
13,884 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,988, response 1,020

Review tags

  • white background (background, 0.95)
  • square eyes (features, 0.95)
  • pixel art (subject, 0.95)
  • animated frame (animation, 0.90)
  • black limbs (features, 0.90)
  • rectangular mouth (features, 0.90)
  • 16x16 pixel character (subject, 0.90)
  • egg shaped body (subject, 0.85)

Actions

  • facial expression change (mouth)

Animation

  • frame 0 mouth horizontal
  • frame 1 mouth square

Animation Summary

Two-frame animation showing a simple black-and-white pixel character changing mouth expression from horizontal rectangle to square between frames while maintaining identical pose and eye positions.

Colors

  • black
  • white

Composition

  • centered character
  • single subject per frame
  • minimalist layout

Dense Caption

The image shows two side-by-side animated frames from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon. Both frames feature the same 16x16-pixel character rendered in high-contrast black and white. The character has a rounded egg-shaped body with solid black limbs (two legs, no arms visible). Facial features include two small square eyes positioned above a rectangular mouth. In frame 0 (left), the mouth is horizontal; in frame 1 (right), the mouth changes to a larger square shape while eye positions remain identical. The character's overall pose and body structure are consistent across both frames with only facial expression differing between them. The background is plain white, typical of AIM buddy icons from the late 1990s/early 2000s era. Pixelation is sharp without anti-aliasing or dithering effects. No text appears in either frame. The animation consists solely of a mouth change between frames with no other movement or visual elements present.

Description

Two static pixel art frames of a simple black-and-white character with rounded body, square eyes, and rectangular mouth in neutral expression on white background.

Identity Hypotheses

{"name":"unidentified pixel character","basis":"both","confidence":0.3,"evidence":"simple 8-bit style consistent with early internet animation"}

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • no specific brand, logo, or fandom markers visible in pixels

Metadata Supported By Image

  • low-resolution pixel art style matches late-90s/early-2000s digital aesthetic

Mood

  • neutral
  • playful
  • simple

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • black white pixel art character
  • 16x16 animated buddy icon
  • pixelated mouth change animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet with 2x1 layout, sampled frames 0 and 1 from source animation (sourceFrameCount=2), white background transparency context

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon style, no nudity or violence present

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • source hints suggest video game or GIF-related icon categories but do not specify character name or origin

Style

  • pixel art
  • 8-bit style
  • low-resolution animation

Subjects

  • pixel art character

Wordwall

  • black and white pixel art
  • 16x16 pixel character
  • rounded egg-shaped body
  • square eyes
  • rectangular mouth
  • neutral expression
  • frame 0 mouth horizontal
  • frame 1 mouth square
  • no arms visible
  • solid black limbs
  • white background
  • high-contrast rendering
  • pixelated edges
  • static animation frame
  • character pose consistent
  • mouth change between frames
  • simple facial features
  • no text present
Raw JSON
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GifCities Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-buddy-icon-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 05:35 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities buddy-icon candidates with archived page provenance

GifCities Video Game Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-video-game-buddy-icon-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Video-Game Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 9, 2026 at 23:12 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities video-game buddy-icon candidates

GifCities Video Game Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-video-game-icon-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Video-Game Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 9, 2026 at 23:34 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities video-game icon candidates that may not use buddy-icon wording