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A yellow-clad figure in a black belt holds a glowing orb that changes shape

A yellow-clad figure in a black belt holds a glowing orb that changes shape. Animated 77×63 GIF AIM buddy icon from GifCities AIM Icon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Sear…, GeoCities AIM…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Animation

  • orb shape changes from large circle to smaller circle to oval to large circle

Animation Summary

  • The orb changes shape : large circle to smaller circle to oval to large circle

Composition

  • single subject
  • centered
  • consistent pose

Dense Caption

A yellow-clad figure with a black belt and gray head covering holds a glowing orb. The orb's shape changes across four frames: first a large circular shape with a black outline, then a smaller circular shape with a black outline, then an oval shape with a black outline, and finally a large circular shape with a black outline. The figure's pose remains consistent with arms extended forward and legs bent. The background is white.

Description

  • A yellow-clad figure in a black belt holds a glowing orb that changes shape

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Icon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AIM Avatar/Icon Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities
  • AIM
  • GeoCities
  • AOL IM
  • buddy icons
  • avatars
  • icons
  • GifCities AIM Icon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • GeoCities AIM Avatar/Icon Cross-Section

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow figure black belt glowing orb
  • glowing orb shape change
  • pixel art yellow figure
  • animation orb shape
  • yellow figure gray head black belt
  • glowing orange orb white background
  • pixel art animation orb
  • yellow figure holding glowing orb

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling
  • no cropping
  • no matte
  • quarantined description: A yellow-clad figure in a black belt holds a glowing orb that changes shape across four frames.
  • quarantined animationSummary: The orb changes shape across four frames: large circle to smaller circle to oval to large circle.
  • quarantined wordwall: four frames
  • quarantined retrieval: four frame animation orb shape

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Icon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AIM Avatar/Icon Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon

Style

  • 2D

Wordwall

  • yellow figure
  • black belt
  • gray head covering
  • glowing orb
  • circular shape
  • oval shape
  • white background

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Added to archive
July 10, 2026

GifCities AIM Icon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AIM Avatar/Icon Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 05:04 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
77×63 pixels
File size
21 KB
Motion
Animated (16 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 05:04 UTC
Archive ID
9efd5cbe4d4c8a09
SHA-256
9efd5cbe4d4c8a098be285608327b665581f246504f1e30931c3d572c896fc00
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:17 UTC
Run
1135
Input
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Preprocessing
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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

A yellow-clad figure in a black belt holds a glowing orb that changes shape

Reviewed
August 23, 2026 at 23:47 UTC
Run
67
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,780 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,064, response 862

Review tags

  • changing shape (action, 0.80)
  • holding (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • glowing orb (object, 0.80)
  • 2d (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • simple (style, 0.80)
  • yellow figure (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • holding
  • changing shape

Animation

  • orb shape changes from large circle to smaller circle to oval to large circle

Animation Summary

  • The orb changes shape : large circle to smaller circle to oval to large circle

Colors

  • yellow
  • black
  • gray
  • white
  • glowing orange

Composition

  • single subject
  • centered
  • consistent pose

Dense Caption

A yellow-clad figure with a black belt and gray head covering holds a glowing orb. The orb's shape changes across four frames: first a large circular shape with a black outline, then a smaller circular shape with a black outline, then an oval shape with a black outline, and finally a large circular shape with a black outline. The figure's pose remains consistent with arms extended forward and legs bent. The background is white.

Description

  • A yellow-clad figure in a black belt holds a glowing orb that changes shape

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Icon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AIM Avatar/Icon Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities
  • AIM
  • GeoCities
  • AOL IM
  • buddy icons
  • avatars
  • icons
  • GifCities AIM Icon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • GeoCities AIM Avatar/Icon Cross-Section

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow figure black belt glowing orb
  • glowing orb shape change
  • pixel art yellow figure
  • animation orb shape
  • yellow figure gray head black belt
  • glowing orange orb white background
  • pixel art animation orb
  • yellow figure holding glowing orb

Objects

  • glowing orb

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling
  • no cropping
  • no matte
  • quarantined description: A yellow-clad figure in a black belt holds a glowing orb that changes shape across four frames.
  • quarantined animationSummary: The orb changes shape across four frames: large circle to smaller circle to oval to large circle.
  • quarantined wordwall: four frames
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Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Icon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AIM Avatar/Icon Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: icon

Style

  • pixel art
  • 2D
  • simple

Subjects

  • yellow figure

Wordwall

  • yellow figure
  • black belt
  • gray head covering
  • glowing orb
  • circular shape
  • oval shape
  • white background
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 00:47 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 05:13 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 AIM Icon Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aim-icon-avatar-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AIM Avatar/Icon Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 05:04 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities graphics from pages that combine AIM, icon, and avatar wording
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