A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon split into two frames showing text and a stylized figure, with the left frame displaying "the used" in white block letters on black background and the right frame showing a grayscale figure holding an object against light background.

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A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon split into two frames showing text and a stylized figure, with the left frame displaying "the used" in white block letters on black background and the right frame showing a grayscale figure holding an object against light background.

A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon split into two frames showing text and a stylized figure, with the left frame displaying "the used" in white block letters on black background an…

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Animation

  • frame 0: static text; frame 1: stylized character in motion

Animation Summary

Two-frame animation transitioning from static "the used" text to a grayscale stylized character holding an object; no motion blur between frames.

Composition

  • left frame: centered text on solid background; right frame: central figure with light background

Dense Caption

The image is a contact sheet of two sampled animation frames from a 50x50 pixel AIM buddy icon. The left frame features bold white text reading "the used" on a solid black background, with visible dithering and slight pixelation typical of low-resolution graphics. The right frame shows a grayscale figure in motion: the figure appears to be holding an object (possibly a microphone or instrument) while standing against a light gray background that transitions into darker tones at the edges. The figure's pose suggests movement, with limbs positioned as if mid-action. Both frames exhibit pixelation and dithering artifacts consistent with early 2000s digital art. The animation sequence shows a transition from text-only display to a stylized character representation without visible motion blur between frames.

Description

A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon split into two frames showing text and a stylized figure, with the left frame displaying "the used" in white block letters on black background and the right frame showing a grayscale figure holding an object against light background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • The Used | basis both | confidence 0.85 | evidence: visible text matches band name, grayscale figure likely represents band persona

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • no visible band logo or specific character design matching known The Used imagery

Metadata Only Entities

  • The Used band mascot
  • specific animated motion details

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text "the used" matches band name
  • grayscale figure could represent band mascot or stylized artist representation

Named Entities

  • The Used | basis metadata-compatible

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • the used text buddy icon
  • grayscale animation music band icon
  • low-res pixel art the used logo

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 2x1, sampledFrameCount=2, sourceFrameCount=2, reviewImagePixels=512x256, gray transparency background

Safety Notes

  • text is non-explicit, figure is cartoonish with no nudity or explicit content

Source Metadata Interpretation

source hints suggest "The Used" music band icon with animated frames; metadata mentions "myoldicons id 173382", "category: myoldicons / music artists / used, the"

Visible Text

  • the used

Visually Supported Entities

  • music band name "The Used" (via text)

Wordwall

  • the used text
  • white block letters
  • black background
  • grayscale figure
  • light gray background
  • pixelated graphics
  • dithering artifacts
  • stylized character pose
  • object held by figure
  • contact sheet layout
  • 50x50 pixel icon
  • low-resolution animation
  • text-only frame
  • character motion frame
  • solid black background
  • transitional animation
  • white text on dark
  • grayscale palette
  • figure holding object
  • pixelation effects

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival

Source title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / music artists / used, the
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 09:21 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.6 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
icons/95/95ddb8cb010a437dd5a4b3c9fb14bfef0ba39387f9081ce8563fe65ad1f996ef.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:12 UTC
Archive ID
95ddb8cb010a437d
SHA-256
95ddb8cb010a437dd5a4b3c9fb14bfef0ba39387f9081ce8563fe65ad1f996ef
Content-safety assessments (2)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:17 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.135809

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.887442onnx/unsafe0.135809onnx/nsfw0.075698onnx/nsfl0.060110
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 13, 2026 at 10:25 UTC
Run
30
Input
image
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-smart
Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.950000

OpenAI category scores

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

A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon split into two frames showing text and a stylized figure, with the left frame displaying "the used" in white block letters on black background and the right frame showing a grayscale figure holding an object against light background.

Reviewed
July 13, 2026 at 10:25 UTC
Run
30
Version
v3
Elapsed
15,484 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,017, response 1,183

Review tags

  • black background (color scheme, 0.95)
  • low resolution animation (medium, 0.95)
  • the used text (subject, 0.95)
  • text only frame (animation state, 0.90)
  • contact sheet layout (composition, 0.90)
  • pixelated graphics (style, 0.90)
  • white block letters (text style, 0.90)
  • dithering artifacts (rendering, 0.85)
  • grayscale figure (subject, 0.85)
  • character motion frame (animation state, 0.80)
  • light gray background (background, 0.80)
  • object held by figure (prop, 0.75)

Actions

  • holding object
  • transitioning from text to character

Animation

  • frame 0: static text; frame 1: stylized character in motion

Animation Summary

Two-frame animation transitioning from static "the used" text to a grayscale stylized character holding an object; no motion blur between frames.

Colors

  • black
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • left frame: centered text on solid background; right frame: central figure with light background

Dense Caption

The image is a contact sheet of two sampled animation frames from a 50x50 pixel AIM buddy icon. The left frame features bold white text reading "the used" on a solid black background, with visible dithering and slight pixelation typical of low-resolution graphics. The right frame shows a grayscale figure in motion: the figure appears to be holding an object (possibly a microphone or instrument) while standing against a light gray background that transitions into darker tones at the edges. The figure's pose suggests movement, with limbs positioned as if mid-action. Both frames exhibit pixelation and dithering artifacts consistent with early 2000s digital art. The animation sequence shows a transition from text-only display to a stylized character representation without visible motion blur between frames.

Description

A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon split into two frames showing text and a stylized figure, with the left frame displaying "the used" in white block letters on black background and the right frame showing a grayscale figure holding an object against light background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • The Used | basis both | confidence 0.85 | evidence: visible text matches band name, grayscale figure likely represents band persona

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • no visible band logo or specific character design matching known The Used imagery

Metadata Only Entities

  • The Used band mascot
  • specific animated motion details

Metadata Supported By Image

  • text "the used" matches band name
  • grayscale figure could represent band mascot or stylized artist representation

Mood

  • minimalist
  • retro digital

Named Entities

  • The Used | basis metadata-compatible

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • the used text buddy icon
  • grayscale animation music band icon
  • low-res pixel art the used logo

Objects

  • object held by figure

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet layout 2x1, sampledFrameCount=2, sourceFrameCount=2, reviewImagePixels=512x256, gray transparency background

Safety Notes

  • text is non-explicit, figure is cartoonish with no nudity or explicit content

Source Metadata Interpretation

source hints suggest "The Used" music band icon with animated frames; metadata mentions "myoldicons id 173382", "category: myoldicons / music artists / used, the"

Style

  • low-resolution pixel art
  • grayscale animation
  • blocky typography

Subjects

  • stylized figure
  • text "the used"

Visible Text

  • the used

Visually Supported Entities

  • music band name "The Used" (via text)

Wordwall

  • the used text
  • white block letters
  • black background
  • grayscale figure
  • light gray background
  • pixelated graphics
  • dithering artifacts
  • stylized character pose
  • object held by figure
  • contact sheet layout
  • 50x50 pixel icon
  • low-resolution animation
  • text-only frame
  • character motion frame
  • solid black background
  • transitional animation
  • white text on dark
  • grayscale palette
  • figure holding object
  • pixelation effects
Raw JSON
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Source semantic tags (8)
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Full source records (1)

MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)

Kind
myoldicons-api
Era
Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
Type
current recovered OriginalIcons API
Category
myoldicons / music artists / used, the
Title
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
Alt
1100799248_159197995.gif | prittybritty99 The Used | animated | myoldicons id 173382
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 09:21 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
Slice
recovered large-scale AIM icon and away-message archive with category, subcategory, filename, keyword, and animation metadata