![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36d86a1ccd80fbf97eaec7b8a6e2d802d2c04f32af1852dfbaf5e97ee933a823/aim-chat-window_text6_v2.gif)
Away Message
is an ode to AIM.
I spent years of my life talking on AIM. For the entire year of 2020 I socialized almost exclusively online as well. Away Message is a recreation of actual archived messages from 2009-2013 between my best friend and I when we were first getting to know each other. Away Message exists as both a series of .gifs and a booklet, recreated in the pixel art and animation program Aesprite.![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e53c63943bf1bd7fe00cab3800c9d6bc944679f01f387c4f9f3a09520c9f6cb/skating-2.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e55ade3a59ddedb01cf0fe8fa147d5da86204dce42a013592c0984ef4b77f952/brekkie-2.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/935d979526ae085954548dc5a64a4fac78f05615142895cc9bcb48a7e1c26cc1/hotdog-2.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/750bbd7285d570c63b356af9119dd72ec9967e79551a8a84377fe497c7c07ff7/icecawfee_2.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bac853f35c27034fe5000406955b7177165d0ded59e85e3b66e3988848f17a7/birds-2.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8eb459b70c1948ca38c2c5a50502ce9be45af58de560c46fc206f4e401a547d0/tacobell-2.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bce81fd1b5090540880dd51d5ae509f70b31bc7d9254ff27c63149eb1ba2464a/bikingbluebg.gif)
The various icons used in our instant messages.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e29b111fc098f6bc8e464a9d06dde33d491861f3794f4eb2dd910d1489b9621b/cover2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb248e6ff66825938815f8cb67e652757863642df103474071a6f16c91cd8b71/intro-page.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19df76a4d4417a364320d503f5e5759db5285e8c9d122c20d18f6974a05d0414/veganprop.jpg)