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.
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29dda5a283fe883a9c1f96aa3201e160c761d066e0a393cf240a6dd54ac47cda/birds-2.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa625c7c1cf7086da288b997f8148ecf3b326d498d47998a54b79ea99454fcc2/brekkie-2.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcd62122cd462b63628c86864cd8b75131c7e8df66e3d8c888261cec14e03b1d/froggy-1.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af4815e6991ac79cfef8550d54351681d44bea8c90675ec56e124a456b19a681/bikingbluebg.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1262582f72535aefbabb5afed9a44272788d37aef7319e920374085e7bfa1e8/tacobell-2.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1867c20c769e5512d6d53001e685b966ba8b8219d9000c341c57d5cdf4585f5b/10_aim-chat-window-text10_v2.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/080309e25b31e86810403ccf1e3f7020b9438c026f66cb603188330ad25a5b31/11_aim-chat-window-text11.png)