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Pixelated character in blue shirt smokes cigarette with changing hand positions and mouth expressions across frames.

Pixelated character in blue shirt smokes cigarette with changing hand positions and mouth expressions across frames. Animated 32×32 GIF AIM buddy icon from GifCities AOL Instant M…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Animation

  • sequential hand position changes
  • sequential mouth expression changes
  • sequential smoke trail variations

Animation Summary

Character smokes cigarette with sequential hand position changes (raised to lowered), mouth expression changes (closed to open), and smoke trail variations across frames. Smoke trails appear in upper left. Character sits at light blue desk with yellow accents. Background is solid gray. Character's

Composition

  • character centered
  • desk below character
  • smoke trails upper left

Dense Caption

Pixelated character with short dark hair and blue shirt smokes a cigarette. Hand positions shift from raised to lowered, mouth expressions change from closed to open, and smoke trails vary across frames. Background is solid gray. Character wears blue shirt with black collar. Cigarette has red tip and white body. Smoke trails appear in upper left. Character sits at light blue desk with yellow accents. Animation shows sequential hand and mouth movements. Character's eyes remain fixed throughout. Smoke trails vary in length and direction. Character's left hand holds cigarette in some frames. Character's right hand holds cigarette in other frames. Character's mouth opens wider in some frames. Character's mouth closes in other frames. Character's hand moves closer to face in some frames. Character's hand moves farther from face in other frames. Character's hand position changes from raised to lowered. Character's hand position changes from lowered to raised. Character's hand position changes from raised to lowered. Character's hand position changes from lowered to raised. Character's hand position changes from raised to lowered. Character's hand position changes from lowered to raised. Character's hand position changes from raised to lowered. Character's hand position changes from lowered to raised. Character's hand position changes from raised to lowered. Character's hand position changes from lowered to raised. Character's hand position changes from raised to lowered. Character's hand position changes from lowered to raised. Character's hand position changes from raised to lowered. Character's hand position changes from lowered to raised. Character's hand position changes from raised to lowered. Character's hand position changes from lowered to raised. Character's hand is

Description

  • Pixelated character in blue shirt smokes cigarette with changing hand positions and mouth expressions across frames.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL Instant Messenger
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated smoking character blue shirt
  • cigarette smoke hand movements
  • gray background pixel art animation
  • blue shirt character smoking
  • smoking character hand mouth animation
  • pixel art cigarette smoke animation
  • character smoking blue shirt gray background
  • cigarette smoke hand mouth animation pixel art

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling or cropping detected

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  • blue shirt
  • cigarette
  • smoking
  • gray background
  • light blue desk
  • yellow accents
  • smoke trails
  • fixed eyes
  • changing mouth
  • hand movements
  • sequential animation

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Added to archive
July 10, 2026

GifCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 05:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
32×32 pixels
File size
8.7 KB
Motion
Animated (23 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 05:44 UTC
Archive ID
a3c559d36c33d5c0
SHA-256
a3c559d36c33d5c011a6f80738c371813e96cac130a986b73647d58aabddd18d
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 20, 2026 at 16:18 UTC
Run
1319
Input
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
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July 23, 2026 at 19:20 UTC
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Pixelated character in blue shirt smokes cigarette with changing hand positions and mouth expressions across frames.

Reviewed
August 24, 2026 at 00:23 UTC
Run
67
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,016 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,648, response 905

Review tags

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  • mouth movements (action, 0.80)
  • smoke trails (action, 0.80)
  • smoking (action, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • subdued (mood, 0.80)
  • cigarette (object, 0.80)
  • desk (object, 0.80)
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  • character (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • smoking
  • hand movements
  • mouth movements
  • smoke trails

Animation

  • sequential hand position changes
  • sequential mouth expression changes
  • sequential smoke trail variations

Animation Summary

Character smokes cigarette with sequential hand position changes (raised to lowered), mouth expression changes (closed to open), and smoke trail variations across frames. Smoke trails appear in upper left. Character sits at light blue desk with yellow accents. Background is solid gray. Character's

Colors

  • blue
  • gray
  • light blue
  • yellow
  • red
  • white

Composition

  • character centered
  • desk below character
  • smoke trails upper left

Dense Caption

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Description

  • Pixelated character in blue shirt smokes cigarette with changing hand positions and mouth expressions across frames.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL Instant Messenger
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger

Mood

  • neutral
  • subdued

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  • smoking character hand mouth animation
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  • cigarette smoke hand mouth animation pixel art

Objects

  • cigarette
  • desk

Preprocessing Notes

  • no upscaling or cropping detected

Style

  • pixel art
  • 8-bit

Subjects

  • character

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  • cigarette
  • smoking
  • gray background
  • light blue desk
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 00:55 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)
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 14, 2026 at 05:21 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)
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Full source records (1)
GifCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aol-instant-messenger-avatar-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 05:44 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger avatar candidates
Original: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/7BRBQIJRPQUNKP2VM4M4C45BQ6OZECQ4.gif Download: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/7BRBQIJRPQUNKP2VM4M4C45BQ6OZECQ4.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20091027091043/http://hk.geocities.com/wucityhk/new.htm