Ah! yes... the blinking icons... thought I would make my second million with that.. (gave up on the 1st) on AOL's aim.. never seen any but mine.. but anyhow... attached is one easier to see... ..many people want their babies and grandbabies on theirs..
I have been promising myself to learn to animate with image ready... but haven't... but if you have animation shop it's pretty easy...
first edit the pic in
ps... crop a closeup of face.... ... then make one or 2 copies (blink and wink ) ... and clone or paint eye(s) closed...
next save all in a file...
open animation shop... make an animation ... then change the frame properties.. I use 10/100 sec. for blink ..15/100 for wink.. and from 300/100 to 400/100 for the eyes open pic...
2 things to use on AIM... it has to be the non member version... of Aim (best I think) and under 7kb... real close crop and you can see ok...
also... make sure the final frame in the animation is with eyes open.... I learned the hard way

when the animation stops (it will on AIM) the kid looks pretty grotesque..
... Hope that helps...
attached is a cute one.. well I think