Animated contact sheet of 23 @ symbol frames in various styles and orientations on gray background

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Animated contact sheet of 23 @ symbol frames in various styles and orientations on gray background

Animated contact sheet of 23 @ symbol frames in various styles and orientations on gray background. Animated 35×34 GIF AIM buddy icon from GifCities AOL Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Siz…

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Animation

frame-to-frame changes show @ symbol transitioning between smooth curves, angular forms, partial segments, closed loops, and outline versions; some frames include vertical exclamation mark shapes that appear/disappear or change orientation during animation sequence

Animation Summary

Animated sequence showing 23 frame variations of the '@' symbol transitioning between different stylistic forms including smooth curves, angular shapes, partial segments, closed loops, and outline versions with some frames containing vertical exclamation mark elements

Composition

  • 5x5 grid contact sheet with 23 frames on solid gray background

Dense Caption

The image displays a 5x5 grid contact sheet containing 23 distinct animated frame samples from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon sequence. Each frame features variations of the '@' symbol rendered in shades of purple against a solid light gray background. The symbols exhibit different stylistic treatments including smooth rounded curves, sharp angular forms, and some with subtle 3D effects or depth shading. Several frames show vertical exclamation mark shapes alongside the @ symbols. The animation sequence demonstrates frame-to-frame changes where the @ symbol transitions between different visual styles: from fully formed circular loops to partial segments, from solid fills to outline versions, and from smooth curves to pixelated or distorted forms. Some frames feature the '@' symbol with a small tail or hook at the bottom while others show it as a complete closed loop. The animation appears to cycle through these variations in a continuous sequence. All elements are rendered with soft anti-aliasing edges typical of early web graphics, and the entire composition maintains consistent purple coloration across all frames with subtle shading differences between individual symbols.

Description

  • Animated contact sheet of 23 @ symbol frames in various styles and orientations on gray background

Identity Hypotheses

  • {"name":"aol buddy icon","basis":"both","confidence":0.95,"evidence":"@ symbol usage consistent with AOL email/IM identity system"}
  • {"name":"early internet animation","basis":"visible","confidence":0.85,"evidence":"pixelated graphics, limited color palette, and @ symbol style match early web era"}

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • specific character name or fandom not visible in image
  • exact animation purpose beyond visual variation not confirmed by pixels

Metadata Supported By Image

  • aol instant messenger icon (consistent with @ symbol usage for email/online identity)
  • early web graphics style (matches pixelated appearance and color palette)

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • purple @ symbol animation
  • aol instant messenger buddy icon
  • animated contact sheet of email symbols
  • early web graphics @ symbol variations
  • 5x5 grid of purple icons on gray background
  • @ symbol frame transitions
  • stylized typography animation

Preprocessing Notes

contact sheet layout 5x5 with 23 sampled frames from animated icon; gray background is display context for transparency; sourceFrameCount indicates total animation frames may be higher than visible samples

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style graphics
  • no visible nudity or explicit content
  • text is purely symbolic '@' symbol

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • source: gifcities-aol-buddy-icon-small-mixed | title: GifCities | category: search / gifcities | url: A4WVJRMBCB5F7IFXH6JDRO4PQACCOIR6 suggests this is a historical AOL buddy icon from the early internet era
  • source: gifcities-aol-icon-small-mixed indicates it's part of an animated icon collection
  • source: gifcities-aol-profile-icon-small-mixed implies profile-related functionality

Subjects

  • exclamation mark

Visually Supported Entities

  • aol instant messenger icon collection

Wordwall

  • purple @ symbol
  • @ symbol variations
  • animated contact sheet
  • gray background
  • 5x5 grid layout
  • smooth curves
  • angular forms
  • 3D effect
  • shaded depth
  • vertical exclamation mark
  • partial segments
  • closed loop
  • small tail hook
  • pixelated form
  • anti-aliased edges
  • solid fill
  • outline version
  • frame-to-frame changes
  • circular loops
  • stylized typography
  • early web graphics
  • aol instant messenger icon
  • animated sequence
  • smooth transitions
  • color consistency
  • shading differences
  • symbol geometry
  • motion cycle

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

GifCities AOL Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AOL Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 05:38 UTC

GifCities AOL Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AOL Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 16:53 UTC

GifCities AOL Profile Icon Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AOL Profile Icon Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 00:02 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
35×34 pixels
File size
8.5 KB
Motion
Animated (23 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/8c/8c67fb963c07f5c161215e9b0e9cceebb369413ce03fef0b165481bed97468a5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:09 UTC
Archive ID
8c67fb963c07f5c1
SHA-256
8c67fb963c07f5c161215e9b0e9cceebb369413ce03fef0b165481bed97468a5
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:44 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.110924

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.927139onnx/unsafe0.110924onnx/nsfw0.066138onnx/nsfl0.044786
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 12, 2026 at 07:59 UTC
Run
28
Input
image
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-smart
Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.980000

OpenAI category scores

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

Animated contact sheet of 23 @ symbol frames in various styles and orientations on gray background

Reviewed
July 12, 2026 at 07:59 UTC
Run
28
Version
v3
Elapsed
18,916 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,592, response 1,478

Review tags

  • purple symbol (subject, 0.98)
  • gray background (color, 0.97)
  • animated contact sheet (composition, 0.95)
  • anti aliased edges (rendering, 0.94)
  • aol instant messenger icon (subject, 0.93)
  • symbol variations (subject, 0.92)
  • stylized typography (style, 0.91)
  • frame to frame transitions (animation, 0.88)
  • smooth curves (style, 0.87)
  • early web graphics (style, 0.85)
  • angular forms (style, 0.84)
  • vertical exclamation mark (subject, 0.75)
  • pixelated form (style, 0.72)
  • 3d effect (style, 0.68)

Actions

  • animation frame transition
  • shape variation
  • style change

Animation

frame-to-frame changes show @ symbol transitioning between smooth curves, angular forms, partial segments, closed loops, and outline versions; some frames include vertical exclamation mark shapes that appear/disappear or change orientation during animation sequence

Animation Summary

Animated sequence showing 23 frame variations of the '@' symbol transitioning between different stylistic forms including smooth curves, angular shapes, partial segments, closed loops, and outline versions with some frames containing vertical exclamation mark elements

Colors

  • purple
  • gray

Composition

  • 5x5 grid contact sheet with 23 frames on solid gray background

Dense Caption

The image displays a 5x5 grid contact sheet containing 23 distinct animated frame samples from an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon sequence. Each frame features variations of the '@' symbol rendered in shades of purple against a solid light gray background. The symbols exhibit different stylistic treatments including smooth rounded curves, sharp angular forms, and some with subtle 3D effects or depth shading. Several frames show vertical exclamation mark shapes alongside the @ symbols. The animation sequence demonstrates frame-to-frame changes where the @ symbol transitions between different visual styles: from fully formed circular loops to partial segments, from solid fills to outline versions, and from smooth curves to pixelated or distorted forms. Some frames feature the '@' symbol with a small tail or hook at the bottom while others show it as a complete closed loop. The animation appears to cycle through these variations in a continuous sequence. All elements are rendered with soft anti-aliasing edges typical of early web graphics, and the entire composition maintains consistent purple coloration across all frames with subtle shading differences between individual symbols.

Description

  • Animated contact sheet of 23 @ symbol frames in various styles and orientations on gray background

Identity Hypotheses

  • {"name":"aol buddy icon","basis":"both","confidence":0.95,"evidence":"@ symbol usage consistent with AOL email/IM identity system"}
  • {"name":"early internet animation","basis":"visible","confidence":0.85,"evidence":"pixelated graphics, limited color palette, and @ symbol style match early web era"}

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • specific character name or fandom not visible in image
  • exact animation purpose beyond visual variation not confirmed by pixels

Metadata Supported By Image

  • aol instant messenger icon (consistent with @ symbol usage for email/online identity)
  • early web graphics style (matches pixelated appearance and color palette)

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • purple @ symbol animation
  • aol instant messenger buddy icon
  • animated contact sheet of email symbols
  • early web graphics @ symbol variations
  • 5x5 grid of purple icons on gray background
  • @ symbol frame transitions
  • stylized typography animation

Objects

  • @ symbol variations
  • exclamation mark shapes

Preprocessing Notes

contact sheet layout 5x5 with 23 sampled frames from animated icon; gray background is display context for transparency; sourceFrameCount indicates total animation frames may be higher than visible samples

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style graphics
  • no visible nudity or explicit content
  • text is purely symbolic '@' symbol

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • source: gifcities-aol-buddy-icon-small-mixed | title: GifCities | category: search / gifcities | url: A4WVJRMBCB5F7IFXH6JDRO4PQACCOIR6 suggests this is a historical AOL buddy icon from the early internet era
  • source: gifcities-aol-icon-small-mixed indicates it's part of an animated icon collection
  • source: gifcities-aol-profile-icon-small-mixed implies profile-related functionality

Style

  • animated graphic
  • stylized typography
  • pixel art
  • early web graphics

Subjects

  • @ symbol
  • exclamation mark

Visually Supported Entities

  • aol instant messenger icon collection

Wordwall

  • purple @ symbol
  • @ symbol variations
  • animated contact sheet
  • gray background
  • 5x5 grid layout
  • smooth curves
  • angular forms
  • 3D effect
  • shaded depth
  • vertical exclamation mark
  • partial segments
  • closed loop
  • small tail hook
  • pixelated form
  • anti-aliased edges
  • solid fill
  • outline version
  • frame-to-frame changes
  • circular loops
  • stylized typography
  • early web graphics
  • aol instant messenger icon
  • animated sequence
  • smooth transitions
  • color consistency
  • shading differences
  • symbol geometry
  • motion cycle
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Full source records (3)

GifCities AOL Buddy Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aol-buddy-icon-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AOL Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 05:38 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AOL buddy-icon candidates with archived page provenance

GifCities AOL Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aol-icon-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AOL Buddy-Icon Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 16:53 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AOL icon candidates from pages that did not necessarily say buddy icon

GifCities AOL Profile Icon Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aol-profile-icon-small-mixed)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AOL Profile Icon Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 00:02 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AOL profile icon candidates