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Blue 'S' character with white and gray outlines transitions through multiple states of distortion and transparency against a gray background.

Blue 'S' character with white and gray outlines transitions through multiple states of distortion and transparency against a gray background. Animated 45×35 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Animation

  • progressive distortion
  • transparency increase
  • color blending
  • shape fragmentation
  • final resolution

Animation Summary

The 'S' character transitions from a solid blue form with white outline and gray shadow through progressive distortion, transparency increase, and color blending into an abstract swirling shape, then resolves back to the original solid form.

Composition

  • single character
  • centered
  • gray background

Dense Caption

Blue 'S' character with white and gray outlines transitions through multiple states of distortion and transparency against a gray background. The character starts as a solid blue 'S' with a white outline and gray shadow, then progressively distorts into a swirling, fragmented form with increasing transparency and blue-to-white color blending. The distortion intensifies across frames, with the 'S' shape becoming increasingly abstract and less recognizable, eventually resolving into a smooth, solid blue 'S' with a white outline and gray shadow in the final frame. The background remains a consistent light gray throughout the animation.

Description

Blue 'S' character with white and gray outlines transitions through multiple states of distortion and transparency against a gray background.

Metadata Only Entities

  • identityHypotheses
  • namedEntities
  • fandoms

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities SN Icon Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Screen Name Icon Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon
  • provenance topic-coverage: icons
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result
  • provenance collection-attribute: mixed-size

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue S character animation
  • distorted S animation
  • S character transparency animation
  • swirling S animation
  • S character color blending animation
  • S character resolution animation
  • gray background S animation
  • pixelated S animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling
  • no cropping
  • no matte

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • collection identity (query-selected; hint): sn
  • observation category (query-selected): gifcities
  • observation category (query-selected): search
  • observation title (query-selected): GifCities
  • observation file-name (query-selected): XRHYULXMH4T6SKSAB45U2WACFA7FUPQD
  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
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  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Screen Name Icon Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon
  • provenance topic-coverage: icons
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result
  • provenance collection-attribute: mixed-size

Visible Text

  • S

Wordwall

  • blue 'S' character
  • white outline
  • gray shadow
  • distortion
  • transparency
  • swirling
  • fragmented
  • abstract
  • gray background
  • solid blue
  • blue-to-white blending
  • progressive change
  • multiple states
  • final frame solid

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 10, 2026

GifCities SN Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Screen Name Icon Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 03:34 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
45×35 pixels
File size
12.8 KB
Motion
Animated (20 frames)
Added to archive
July 10, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 03:34 UTC
Archive ID
8bc10f5043a7083b
SHA-256
8bc10f5043a7083b351fa91248a866470e48da3a3820591cfba75ff7fe2e7334
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 29, 2026 at 19:35 UTC
Run
15966
Input
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Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000027

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
August 6, 2026 at 20:02 UTC
Run
1272
Input
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:38 UTC
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106
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Blue 'S' character with white and gray outlines transitions through multiple states of distortion and transparency against a gray background.

Reviewed
August 23, 2026 at 20:39 UTC
Run
67
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,022 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,322, response 966

Review tags

  • blends (action, 0.80)
  • distorts (action, 0.80)
  • resolves (action, 0.80)
  • transitions (action, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • dynamic (mood, 0.80)
  • transitional (mood, 0.80)
  • animated (style, 0.80)
  • distorted (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • s character (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • distorts
  • transitions
  • blends
  • resolves

Animation

  • progressive distortion
  • transparency increase
  • color blending
  • shape fragmentation
  • final resolution

Animation Summary

The 'S' character transitions from a solid blue form with white outline and gray shadow through progressive distortion, transparency increase, and color blending into an abstract swirling shape, then resolves back to the original solid form.

Colors

  • blue
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • single character
  • centered
  • gray background

Dense Caption

Blue 'S' character with white and gray outlines transitions through multiple states of distortion and transparency against a gray background. The character starts as a solid blue 'S' with a white outline and gray shadow, then progressively distorts into a swirling, fragmented form with increasing transparency and blue-to-white color blending. The distortion intensifies across frames, with the 'S' shape becoming increasingly abstract and less recognizable, eventually resolving into a smooth, solid blue 'S' with a white outline and gray shadow in the final frame. The background remains a consistent light gray throughout the animation.

Description

Blue 'S' character with white and gray outlines transitions through multiple states of distortion and transparency against a gray background.

Metadata Only Entities

  • identityHypotheses
  • namedEntities
  • fandoms

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
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  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities Screen Name Icon Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon
  • provenance topic-coverage: icons
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result
  • provenance collection-attribute: mixed-size

Mood

  • dynamic
  • transitional

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • distorted S animation
  • S character transparency animation
  • swirling S animation
  • S character color blending animation
  • S character resolution animation
  • gray background S animation
  • pixelated S animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling
  • no cropping
  • no matte

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • observation category (query-selected): gifcities
  • observation category (query-selected): search
  • observation title (query-selected): GifCities
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  • provenance era: 2009
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  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
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  • provenance collection-attribute: icon
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Style

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Subjects

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Visible Text

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Wordwall

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  • white outline
  • gray shadow
  • distortion
  • transparency
  • swirling
  • fragmented
  • abstract
  • gray background
  • solid blue
  • blue-to-white blending
  • progressive change
  • multiple states
  • final frame solid
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 00:03 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
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 14, 2026 at 04:33 UTC
Run
30
Version
v3
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
Raw JSON
Full source records (1)
GifCities SN Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-sn-icon-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Screen Name Icon Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 03:34 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square SN icon candidates from AIM-adjacent personal pages
Original: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/XRHYULXMH4T6SKSAB45U2WACFA7FUPQD.gif Download: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/XRHYULXMH4T6SKSAB45U2WACFA7FUPQD.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20091028095010/http://www.geocities.com/youngdragonclass/reunionparty.html