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A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon featuring a red cartoon character with blue accents, shown in two sequential frames where the left eye closes from open to winking state.
A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon featuring a red cartoon character with blue accents, shown in two sequential frames where the left eye closes from open to winking state. Animate…
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Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 7, 2026
Somnolescent Neopets AIM Buddy Icons
- Source title
- Neopets Buddy Icons (A-E) | The Somnolescent Archives
- Category
- hoards / neopets aim icons / a e / neopets buddy icons a e the somnolescent archives
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Official Web Promo
- Observed
- July 7, 2026 at 19:49 UTC
Dr. Sloth Neopets AIM Icons
- Source title
- acara_blink.gif | Neopets Image Emporium
- Category
- drsloth / AIM Icons
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Official Web Promo
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 05:57 UTC
Internet Archive Neopets AIM Icons
- Source title
- acara_blink
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Virtual Pet Fandom
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:45 UTC
Prospect live gallery www.drsloth.com
- Source title
- Search Results | Neopets Image Emporium
- Category
- search / search results neopets image emporium
- Observed
- July 20, 2026 at 04:22 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 50×50 pixels
- File size
- 2.5 KB
- Motion
- Animated (2 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 7, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/7f/7f564c2bc59edd0ecc5efc42b4bba3cb92f3c172a096505b5b6e5f077343d36c.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Scanner metadata
- v1
- Animation inspected
- July 10, 2026 at 04:03 UTC
- Archive ID
- 7f564c2bc59edd0e
- SHA-256
- 7f564c2bc59edd0ecc5efc42b4bba3cb92f3c172a096505b5b6e5f077343d36c
Content-safety assessments (2)
- Assessed
- July 23, 2026 at 06:43 UTC
- Run
- 106
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
- Overall label
- sfw
- Overall score
- 0.077147
OpenAI category scores
- Assessed
- July 9, 2026 at 21:33 UTC
- Run
- 2
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-smart
- Overall label
- safe
- Overall score
- 0.950000
OpenAI category scores
Enrichment records (1)
A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon featuring a red cartoon character with blue accents, shown in two sequential frames where the left eye closes from open to winking state.
- Reviewed
- July 9, 2026 at 21:33 UTC
- Run
- 2
- Version
- v3
- Elapsed
- 6,806 ms
- Tokens
- prompt 3,038, response 1,312
Review tags
- winking (action, 1.00)
- two frame animation (animation, 1.00)
- blue accents (color, 1.00)
- transparent background (composition, 1.00)
- downturned mouth (expression, 1.00)
- 50x50 pixels (size, 1.00)
- cartoonish style (style, 1.00)
- pixelated animation (style, 1.00)
- dark pupils (subject, 1.00)
- red cartoon character (subject, 1.00)
- white eyes (subject, 1.00)
- early 2000s digital art (style, 0.95)
Actions
- winking
- eye closure
Animation
- left eye closes from open to wink between frames
Animation Summary
Two-frame animation showing a red cartoon character transitioning from open eye to winked eye state, with visible pixelated rendering and transparent background.
Colors
- red
- blue
- white
- black
- gray
Composition
- square frame
- centered character
- two-frame contact sheet layout
Dense Caption
The image displays a contact sheet of two adjacent animation frames for a small animated buddy icon. The character is primarily bright red with blue accents on its lower body and ear-like protrusions. It has large white eyes with dark pupils, one of which (left eye) transitions from fully open in the left frame to partially closed/winking in the right frame. The character's mouth is slightly downturned in both frames. The icon uses pixelated rendering typical of early 2000s digital art, with visible dithering and anti-aliasing on edges. The background is transparent (indicated by gray checkerboard), allowing it to be placed over various chat backgrounds. Each frame measures exactly 50x50 pixels, consistent with classic AIM buddy icon dimensions. The animation consists of two distinct states: open eye followed by winked eye, suggesting a simple blinking motion. The character's shape is rounded and cartoonish, resembling a stylized animal or fantasy creature from the Neopets universe as suggested by source hints but not confirmed by visible evidence alone.
Description
A 50x50 pixel animated buddy icon featuring a red cartoon character with blue accents, shown in two sequential frames where the left eye closes from open to winking state.
Fandoms
- Neopets | basis metadata-compatible
Identity Hypotheses
Acara | basis both | medium confidence | red cartoon character with blue accents and winking motion matches Neopets' Acara aesthetic as described in source hints.
Metadata Not Confirmed By Image
- Neopets character identity
- specific name 'acara'
- brand logo or text elements
Metadata Only Entities
- Neopets
- acara
Metadata Supported By Image
- red color scheme
- animated wink motion
- small buddy icon size
Mood
- playful
- neutral
Non Redundant Search Phrases
- red winking cartoon buddy icon
- pixelated acara animation
- neopets-inspired wink icon
- aim animated red eye blink
- 50x50 pixel buddy icon wink
- cartoon character blinking motion
Objects
- blue accents
- white eyes
- dark pupils
- slightly downturned mouth
Preprocessing Notes
- contact sheet with two sampled frames (indices 0 and 1)
- 512x256 review image size
- gray transparency background visible as checkerboard
- source frame count: 2, sampled frame count: 2
Safety Notes
- non-explicit cartoon character design; no nudity or explicit content present
Source Metadata Interpretation
non-authoritative source hints suggest 'Neopets' character named 'acara_blink', but this is not visually confirmed by the icon itself; tags include 'aim icon animated red acara winking' which aligns with visible animation and color features.
Style
- pixelated
- cartoonish
- early 2000s digital art
Subjects
- red cartoon character
Visually Supported Entities
- cartoon character design
- winking animation
- pixel art style
Wordwall
- red cartoon character
- blue accents
- white eyes
- dark pupils
- left eye open
- left eye winking
- slightly downturned mouth
- pixelated rendering
- dithering edges
- anti-aliasing
- transparent background
- 50x50 pixels
- two-frame animation
- winking motion
- rounded shape
- cartoonish style
- Neopets-inspired design
- blue ear-like protrusions
- gray checkerboard transparency
- small icon size
Raw JSON
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Full source records (4)
Somnolescent Neopets AIM Buddy Icons (somnolescent-neopets)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Official Web Promo
- Type
- curated static archive
- Category
- hoards / neopets aim icons / a e / neopets buddy icons a e the somnolescent archives
- Title
- Neopets Buddy Icons (A-E) | The Somnolescent Archives
- Observed
- July 7, 2026 at 19:49 UTC
- Rights
- download-friendly archive, still verify before product redistribution
- Slice
- official virtual-pet/game-community promotional icons
Original: https://archives.somnolescent.net/hoards/neopets-aim-icons/acara/acara_blink.gif Page: https://archives.somnolescent.net/hoards/neopets-aim-icons/a-e.html
Dr. Sloth Neopets AIM Icons (drsloth-neopets-aim-icons)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Official Web Promo
- Type
- tagged image database category
- Category
- drsloth / AIM Icons
- Title
- acara_blink.gif | Neopets Image Emporium
- Alt
- acara_blink | AIM Icons | tags aim icon animated red acara winking
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 05:57 UTC
- Rights
- licensed Neopets assets indexed by a fan database; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- tagged Neopets AIM icon database with official asset URLs, dimensions, category, and free-form subject tags
Original: https://images.neopets.com/images/buddy/acara_blink.gif Download: https://images.neopets.com/images/buddy/acara_blink.gif Page: https://www.drsloth.com/view/13488/
Internet Archive Neopets AIM Icons (internet-archive-neopets-meteor-aim-icons)
- Kind
- internet-archive-item
- Era
- Early-to-Mid-2000s Virtual Pet Fandom
- Type
- Internet Archive item with hundreds of original AIM image members
- Title
- acara_blink
- Alt
- acara_blink
- Archive entry
- acara_blink.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:45 UTC
- Rights
- copyrighted game imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- broad Neopets species, character, item, and site-culture AIM icons
Original: https://archive.org/download/aim_icon_meteor/acara_blink.gif#acara_blink.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/aim_icon_meteor/acara_blink.gif#acara_blink.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/aim_icon_meteor
Prospect live gallery www.drsloth.com (horizon-live-www-drsloth-com-6cb836760bed)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Type
- prospect-queue
- Category
- search / search results neopets image emporium
- Title
- Search Results | Neopets Image Emporium
- Alt
- https://images.neopets.com/images/buddy/acara_blink.gif
- Observed
- July 20, 2026 at 04:22 UTC
- Rights
- Unreviewed prospect; preserve provenance and review rights before redistribution.
Original: https://images.neopets.com/images/buddy/acara_blink.gif Download: https://images.neopets.com/images/buddy/acara_blink.gif Page: https://www.drsloth.com/view/13488/