The box and the tail, each taken seriously.

Round 5 — the box

Seven boxes, one drawer steals it

W8 ANCHOR

The original

Round 4's charmer, unchanged — the reference.

F5f BEST BOX

The drawer

The handle notch makes it unmistakably a household drawer — "that drawer where everything ends up." Most meaningful form of the family.

F5a KEEP

Bigger fox

More fox, more presence — a clean upgrade on the anchor at every size.

F5g CHARM

Tail over the side

The draped tail is the most adorable frame of the family — at the cost of a busier silhouette.

F5e WATCH

Full-bleed box

Bolder crop, but the raised sides form an awkward crown shape.

F5c SKIP — PROOF

No eyes

Useful failure: without eyes, all charm dies and it reads as a cat behind a wall. The eyes ARE the concept.

F5d SKIP

Paws on the rim

The model drew rings instead of paws — reads as goggles. A re-spec candidate for a future round, not this one.

F5b SKIP

Cardboard flaps

The flaps detached into floating diamonds. Good idea, failed render.

Round 6 — the tail

Seven tails, two real marks

W2 ANCHOR

The original

Round 4's most elegant idea, unchanged — the reference.

T6a BEST TAIL

Heavyweight

The thick ribbon with restrained fur ticks — maximum small-size punch while staying unmistakably a tail. The professional's version.

T6d KEEP

Smooth geometric

The cleanest, most icon-like form — barely furred, fully modern. Loses a little "fox," gains polish.

T6c CHARM

Paw-print dot

The prettiest tail of the set, and the paw print makes the "?" a creature's question. At 29 px the paw blurs back into a dot — harmlessly.

T6f WATCH

Bigger

Strong presence at 68% of canvas — close to T6a, slightly less disciplined.

T6g WATCH

Fox-head dot

The "?" literally ends in the fox — lovely idea, but the tiny head reads slightly cat and vanishes at 29 px.

T6b SKIP

Orange tip

The signature tail-tip notch reads as a crack in the mark — the icon looks broken.

T6e SKIP

Fluffier

The fur spikes turn to noise — reads feather or flame, and dissolves at small sizes.

The face-off

Best box vs. best tail

F5f — The drawer

Warmth and story. Says the category ("your stuff, in drawers") and makes people smile. A character icon.

VS

T6a — The tail question

Elegance and meaning. "Where is it?" asked by the fox itself — one stroke, fully ownable, timeless.

My read of the face-off: T6a is the better icon — bolder silhouette, cleaner at 29 px, a mark with decades in it. F5f is the better character — warmer, funnier, more human. If NoonFox is a tool, take the tail; if NoonFox is a companion, take the drawer. (B3a from round 2 remains the pure-clarity fallback.)

How to finish

One word ships it

Masters: candidates/round-5/ + round-6/ · Rounds 5+6 ≈ $1.10, total ≈ $3.50 of $10.