Hi Kent,
I have you ranked 1st, but this design is still a risk for my company. Right now my instinct is to go for the hummingbird because it's clean, and feels very professional. My favorite is the owl, but no one at the company likes it so I guess I gotta go another route. The reason you're ranked in 1st right now is because I think you're onto something with the dog. Back to story... I want to see this polygonal/ robot dog who wants to be a real dog, like there was an inventor behind the scenes who wanted to make a robot dog that looked like a real dog, but he's not done yet. How we achieve that, I believe, is by keeping the blue outline, adding a metal plate to one section or two (with drill holes like someone physically screwed on those plates, and then another plate or two of teddy bear hair... as if he's being pieced together, section by section. When I speak of plates, I'm referring to your polygonal sides. Not sure if this is possible, but I think it could be cool. Not over the top, just some accents. We might want to address the idea of eyes as well. Real eyes, WALL-E eyes? idk.
If you're willing to give it another shot, I'd love to see where we can take it, but right now it's not the safe bet... I think we can make something that is though.
Thanks for all your hard work!
BC