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A pixelated figure in a dark environment with raised arms, transitioning from a standing pose to a crouched position with arms extended forward.

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A pixelated figure in a dark environment with raised arms, transitioning from a standing pose to a crouched position with arms extended forward.

A pixelated figure in a dark environment with raised arms, transitioning from a standing pose to a crouched position with arms extended forward. Animated 32×32 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Animation

  • arms raised to crouched position
  • arms extended forward

Animation Summary

  • The figure transitions from standing with arms raised to a crouched position with arms extended forward.

Composition

  • figure centered
  • dark background

Dense Caption

The image shows a pixelated figure with light brown skin and dark hair against a dark background. In the first frame, the figure stands with arms raised above the head. In the second frame, the figure crouches with arms extended forward. The figure wears a dark top. The background is dark with brown and beige tones. The image has a low-resolution, pixelated style typical of early internet graphics.

Description

A pixelated figure in a dark environment with raised arms, transitioning from a standing pose to a crouched position with arms extended forward.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Avatars Plural Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AIM Personal Web Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities
  • AIM
  • GeoCities

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated figure dark background
  • light brown skin dark hair
  • crouched position arms extended
  • low-resolution animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • pixelation obscures fine details

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Avatars Plural Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AIM Personal Web Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result

Subjects

  • figure

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  • pixelated figure
  • light brown skin
  • dark hair
  • dark top
  • dark background
  • arms raised
  • crouched position
  • arms extended forward
  • low-resolution
  • brown and beige tones

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Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 10, 2026

GifCities AIM Avatars Plural Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AIM Personal Web Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 03:40 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
32×32 pixels
File size
2.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 10, 2026
Relative path
icons/f0/f077d0fdb9849bb1599098753f167e35fbcb68be20f0f07200e1c55b2b37abae.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 03:40 UTC
Archive ID
f077d0fdb9849bb1
SHA-256
f077d0fdb9849bb1599098753f167e35fbcb68be20f0f07200e1c55b2b37abae
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 23, 2026 at 21:33 UTC
Run
1336
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.010239

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.010239falsesexual0.003054falseviolence/graphic0.001585falseself-harm0.000534falseself-harm/intent0.000220falseharassment0.000019falseillicit0.000009falseillicit/violent0.000005falseharassment/threatening0.000004falsehate0.000004falseself-harm/instructions0.000004falsesexual/minors0.000003falsehate/threatening0.000001false
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 30, 2026 at 17:11 UTC
Run
1249
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.199579

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.199579falsesexual0.179806falseself-harm0.058260falseviolence/graphic0.016313falseself-harm/intent0.000368falseself-harm/instructions0.000250falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:02 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.462343

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.841072onnx/unsafe0.462343onnx/nsfw0.379209onnx/nsfl0.083134
Enrichment records (3)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A pixelated figure in a dark environment with raised arms, transitioning from a standing pose to a crouched position with arms extended forward.

Reviewed
August 23, 2026 at 21:25 UTC
Run
67
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,650 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,069, response 804

Review tags

  • crouches (action, 0.80)
  • extends arms forward (action, 0.80)
  • raises arms (action, 0.80)
  • beige (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • dark (color, 0.80)
  • light brown (color, 0.80)
  • dynamic (mood, 0.80)
  • arms raised to crouched position (other, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • figure (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • raises arms
  • crouches
  • extends arms forward

Animation

  • arms raised to crouched position
  • arms extended forward

Animation Summary

  • The figure transitions from standing with arms raised to a crouched position with arms extended forward.

Colors

  • light brown
  • dark
  • beige
  • brown

Composition

  • figure centered
  • dark background

Dense Caption

The image shows a pixelated figure with light brown skin and dark hair against a dark background. In the first frame, the figure stands with arms raised above the head. In the second frame, the figure crouches with arms extended forward. The figure wears a dark top. The background is dark with brown and beige tones. The image has a low-resolution, pixelated style typical of early internet graphics.

Description

A pixelated figure in a dark environment with raised arms, transitioning from a standing pose to a crouched position with arms extended forward.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 1998
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Avatars Plural Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AIM Personal Web Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities
  • AIM
  • GeoCities

Mood

  • dynamic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pixelated figure dark background
  • light brown skin dark hair
  • crouched position arms extended
  • low-resolution animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • pixelation obscures fine details

Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Avatars Plural Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AIM Personal Web Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance source-type: Internet Archive GifCities search result

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • figure

Wordwall

  • pixelated figure
  • light brown skin
  • dark hair
  • dark top
  • dark background
  • arms raised
  • crouched position
  • arms extended forward
  • low-resolution
  • brown and beige tones
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 00:14 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 04:43 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 AIM Avatars Plural Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aim-avatars-plural-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AIM Personal Web Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 03:40 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square AIM avatar candidates from pages using avatar wording
Original: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/2V7GQYFNIXA66PMYOMDWQYPQHVUSG2NV.gif Download: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/2V7GQYFNIXA66PMYOMDWQYPQHVUSG2NV.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20091026102607/http://geocities.com/mmmgraphics/avatars.html