Permanent icon record
A 5x5 contact sheet of animated frames showing a pixelated text animation with the phrase "EVEN THE STARS REFUSE TO SHINE" in alternating yellow and white lettering against a blue-to-purple gradient background.
A 5x5 contact sheet of animated frames showing a pixelated text animation with the phrase "EVEN THE STARS REFUSE TO SHINE" in alternating yellow and white lettering against a blue…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival
- Source title
- MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
- Category
- myoldicons / music artists / howie day
- Era
- Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 09:29 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 50×50 pixels
- File size
- 2.9 KB
- Motion
- Animated (27 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/cf/cf6de637c306f43c652b84c545251c593add4923a5d207d14308a957cabf4098.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Scanner metadata
- v1
- Animation inspected
- July 10, 2026 at 04:12 UTC
- Archive ID
- cf6de637c306f43c
- SHA-256
- cf6de637c306f43c652b84c545251c593add4923a5d207d14308a957cabf4098
Content-safety assessments (3)
- Assessed
- July 26, 2026 at 17:01 UTC
- Run
- 1196
- Input
- image+text
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
- Overall label
- not-flagged
- Overall score
- 0.000009
OpenAI category scores
- Assessed
- July 23, 2026 at 06:27 UTC
- Run
- 106
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
- Overall label
- sfw
- Overall score
- 0.087600
OpenAI category scores
- Assessed
- July 13, 2026 at 12:43 UTC
- Run
- 30
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-smart
- Overall label
- safe
- Overall score
- 0.900000
OpenAI category scores
Enrichment records (1)
A 5x5 contact sheet of animated frames showing a pixelated text animation with the phrase "EVEN THE STARS REFUSE TO SHINE" in alternating yellow and white lettering against a blue-to-purple gradient background.
- Reviewed
- July 13, 2026 at 12:43 UTC
- Run
- 30
- Version
- v3
- Elapsed
- 20,130 ms
- Tokens
- prompt 3,632, response 1,747
Review tags
- centered text layout (composition, 0.95)
- text based animation (subject, 0.95)
- flickering effect (animation, 0.90)
- gradient background (background, 0.90)
- low resolution pixel art (style, 0.90)
- pixel art style (style, 0.90)
- white lettering (color, 0.85)
- yellow lettering (color, 0.85)
- aol instant messenger icon (era, 0.80)
- melancholic mood (mood, 0.75)
Actions
- flickering letter colors
- alternating text color changes
Animation
frame 0: "STARS" yellow, others white; frame 1: "STARS" yellow, others white; frame 2: "STARS" yellow, others white; frame 3: "STARS" yellow, others white; frame 4: "STARS" yellow, others white; frame 5: "STARS" white except 'S' yellow; frame 6: "STARS" white except 'T' yellow; frame 7: "STARS" white except 'A' yellow; frame 8: "STARS" white except 'R' yellow; frame 9: "STARS" white except 'S' yellow; frame 10: "STARS" white except 'S' yellow; frame 11: "STARS" white except 'T' yellow; frame 12: "STARS" white except 'A' yellow; frame 13: "STARS" white except 'R' yellow; frame 14: "STARS" white except 'S' yellow; frame 15: "STARS" white except 'S' yellow; frame 16: "STARS" white except 'T' yellow; frame 17: "STARS" white except 'A' yellow; frame 18: "STARS" white except 'R' yellow; frame 20: "STARS" white except 'S' yellow; frame 21: "STARS" white except 'S' yellow; frame 22: "STARS" white except 'T' yellow; frame 23: "STARS" white except 'A' yellow; frame 24: "STARS" white except 'R' yellow; frame 25: "STARS" white except 'S' yellow; frame 26: "STARS" white except 'S' yellow
Animation Summary
Animated text sequence cycling through yellow/white color variations of the phrase "EVEN THE STARS REFUSE TO SHINE" with consistent layout across 25 sampled frames, showing alternating letter coloring in a pixelated style against gradient background.
Colors
- blue
- purple
- yellow
- white
Composition
- centered phrase
- 50x50 square frame
- consistent layout across frames
Dense Caption
The image displays a 5x5 grid of 25 sampled frames from an animated icon, each frame measuring 50x50 pixels. The animation consists of the phrase "EVEN THE STARS REFUSE TO SHINE" rendered in pixelated text with alternating yellow and white lettering against a blue-to-purple gradient background. In the first row (frames 0-4), the word "STARS" appears in yellow while other words are white; frame 5 shows all letters as white except for the 'S' in "STARS" which is yellow. Frame 6 (not visible) would likely continue this pattern. The animation progresses through variations where individual letters of "STARS" and "SHINE" change color between yellow and white across frames, creating a flickering effect. Each frame maintains consistent text layout with the phrase centered vertically and horizontally within the square icon space. The background features a smooth gradient transitioning from light blue on the left to purple on the right. Pixelation is evident in all elements due to the low-resolution 50x50 format typical of early instant messaging icons, with visible dithering effects around text edges. The animation appears to cycle through different color combinations for specific letters while keeping the overall phrase structure constant.
Description
A 5x5 contact sheet of animated frames showing a pixelated text animation with the phrase "EVEN THE STARS REFUSE TO SHINE" in alternating yellow and white lettering against a blue-to-purple gradient background.
Identity Hypotheses
- Howie Day | basis metadata-compatible | confidence low | evidence source hints reference music artist category
Metadata Not Confirmed By Image
- "llegallyallie20 You and I collide" phrase not visible in any frame
- "music artists / howie day" category not supported by visual evidence
Metadata Only Entities
- llegallyallie20
- You and I collide
- howie day
Metadata Supported By Image
- "myoldicons" reference matches icon collection name
- "animated" status matches visible animation frames
Mood
- melancholic
- somber
- poetic
Non Redundant Search Phrases
- even the stars refuse to shine animation
- pixelated text buddy icon
- aol instant messenger animated icon
- blue purple gradient text animation
- yellow white letter flicker animation
Objects
- gradient background
Preprocessing Notes
- contact sheet layout 5x5
- sampled frame count 25 from source frame count 27
- gray transparency background visible in grid lines
- review image size 1280x1280 pixels
Safety Notes
- text contains melancholic poetic phrase but no explicit content or nudity
Source Metadata Interpretation
source: myoldicons-originalicons | title: MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API | alt: 1128897202_317920075.gif | llegallyallie20 You and I collide | animated | myoldicons id 176409 | category: myoldicons / music artists / howie day | url: 1123879151_1219198152
Style
- pixel art
- low-resolution
- text-based animation
Subjects
- text animation
Visible Text
- EVEN THE STARS REFUSE TO SHINE
Visually Supported Entities
- text-based animation icon
- AOL instant messaging era content
Wordwall
- pixelated text animation
- blue-to-purple gradient background
- yellow and white lettering
- "EVEN THE STARS REFUSE TO SHINE" phrase
- alternating yellow/white letter colors
- 50x50 pixel icon size
- centered text layout
- flickering effect
- dithering around text edges
- smooth color transition background
- consistent frame-to-frame structure
- text-only animation
- low-resolution pixel art style
- gradient background with blue left purple right
- yellow "STARS" letters in some frames
- white "SHINE" letters in some frames
- centered phrase composition
- 5x5 contact sheet layout
Raw JSON
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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 / howie day
- Title
- MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
- Alt
- 1128897202_317920075.gif | llegallyallie20 You and I collide | animated | myoldicons id 176409
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 09:29 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
Original: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Music%20Artists/Howie%20Day/1123879151_1219198152.gif Download: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Music%20Artists/Howie%20Day/1123879151_1219198152.gif Page: https://myoldicons.com/api/icons?category=music_artists