Permanent icon record
Pixelated text 'Love can be magic' on pink background transitions to 'but magic is just an illusion' on dark blue background with glitch effects.
Pixelated text 'Love can be magic' on pink background transitions to 'but magic is just an illusion' on dark blue background with glitch effects. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository
- Source title
- iconhell_bapity88_illusion
- Category
- IconHell/Girly
- Era
- Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 13:52 UTC
Internet Archive IconHell Buddy Icons RAR
- Source title
- iconhell_bapity88_illusion
- Category
- buddy_icons
- Era
- Early-2000s Icon Directory Culture
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:55 UTC
Prospect live gallery www.iconhell.com
- Source title
- Buddy Icons by bapity88
- Category
- buddy icons by bapity88 14 / buddy icons by bapity88
- Observed
- August 29, 2026 at 10:53 UTC
Prospect live gallery blinkies.iconhell.com
- Source title
- Buddy Icons by bapity88
- Category
- buddy icons by bapity88 14 / buddy icons by bapity88
- Observed
- August 31, 2026 at 01:12 UTC
Wayback CDX IconHell Domain GIF Captures
- Source title
- iconhell_bapity88_illusion
- Category
- buddy icons
- Era
- Mid-2000s Icon/Avatar Gallery
- Observed
- September 4, 2026 at 18:14 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 5.4 KB
- Motion
- Animated (22 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/09/099d9c3aaf8155c76cee43e402f97529a90efc1b014e6a0daf7daa050f93dbb8.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Archive ID
- 099d9c3aaf8155c7
- SHA-256
- 099d9c3aaf8155c76cee43e402f97529a90efc1b014e6a0daf7daa050f93dbb8
Full source records (5)
Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository (github-hmmnd0-historical-buddy-icon-repository)
- Kind
- local-directory
- Era
- Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
- Type
- public Git mirror containing four organized historical AIM buddy-icon site collections
- Category
- IconHell/Girly
- Title
- iconhell_bapity88_illusion
- Archive entry
- IconHell/Girly/iconhell_bapity88_illusion.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 13:52 UTC
- Rights
- mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- cross-sectional archive of Badass Buddy, CoolBuddy, dollbuddieicons, and IconHell collections spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, holidays, sports, relationships, pride, dolls, and internet culture
Original: https://www.iconhell.com/#IconHell%2FGirly%2Ficonhell_bapity88_illusion.gif Download: https://www.iconhell.com/#IconHell%2FGirly%2Ficonhell_bapity88_illusion.gif Page: https://github.com/Hmmnd0/buddy-icon-repository
Internet Archive IconHell Buddy Icons RAR (internet-archive-iconhell-buddy-icons-rar)
- Kind
- local-directory
- Era
- Early-2000s Icon Directory Culture
- Type
- Internet Archive RAR preservation explicitly containing IconHell buddy icons
- Category
- buddy_icons
- Title
- iconhell_bapity88_illusion
- Archive entry
- buddy_icons/iconhell_bapity88_illusion.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:55 UTC
- Rights
- mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large cross-sectional IconHell collection spanning fandom, identity, humor, music, celebrities, animation, and internet culture
Original: https://archive.org/download/avatarhell-and-iconhell-site-archives/IconHell%20Buddy%20Icons.rar#buddy_icons%2Ficonhell_bapity88_illusion.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/avatarhell-and-iconhell-site-archives/IconHell%20Buddy%20Icons.rar#buddy_icons%2Ficonhell_bapity88_illusion.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/avatarhell-and-iconhell-site-archives
Prospect live gallery www.iconhell.com (horizon-live-www-iconhell-com-f685daddb571)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Type
- prospect-queue
- Category
- buddy icons by bapity88 14 / buddy icons by bapity88
- Title
- Buddy Icons by bapity88
- Observed
- August 29, 2026 at 10:53 UTC
- Rights
- Unreviewed prospect; preserve provenance and review rights before redistribution.
Original: http://www.iconhell.com/buddy_icons/iconhell_bapity88_illusion.gif Download: http://www.iconhell.com/buddy_icons/iconhell_bapity88_illusion.gif Page: http://www.iconhell.com/Buddy_Icons_by_bapity88_14.html
Prospect live gallery blinkies.iconhell.com (horizon-live-blinkies-iconhell-com-031725b87477)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Type
- prospect-queue
- Category
- buddy icons by bapity88 14 / buddy icons by bapity88
- Title
- Buddy Icons by bapity88
- Observed
- August 31, 2026 at 01:12 UTC
- Rights
- Unreviewed prospect; preserve provenance and review rights before redistribution.
Original: http://blinkies.iconhell.com/buddy_icons/iconhell_bapity88_illusion.gif Download: http://blinkies.iconhell.com/buddy_icons/iconhell_bapity88_illusion.gif Page: http://blinkies.iconhell.com/Buddy_Icons_by_bapity88_14.html
Wayback CDX IconHell Domain GIF Captures (wayback-iconhell-domain-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Icon/Avatar Gallery
- Type
- Wayback historical icon-gallery domain crawl
- Category
- buddy icons
- Alt
- iconhell_bapity88_illusion
- Observed
- September 4, 2026 at 18:14 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large general icon gallery with likely AIM-sized icon and avatar material
Original: http://iconhell.com/buddy_icons/iconhell_bapity88_illusion.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20160411185322id_/http://iconhell.com/buddy_icons/iconhell_bapity88_illusion.gif