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diff --git a/frontend/public/brand-icons/10-compass-bandana-about.png b/frontend/public/brand-icons/10-compass-bandana-about.png
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diff --git a/frontend/src/App.about-brand-lockup.test.ts b/frontend/src/App.about-brand-lockup.test.ts
index 1bae260a..6fcf8768 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.about-brand-lockup.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/App.about-brand-lockup.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { readdirSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { unzlibSync } from 'fflate';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
 const appSource = readFileSync(
@@ -17,6 +18,36 @@ const defaultTitlebarMark = fileURLToPath(
   new globalThis.URL('../public/brand-marks/02-database-search-transparent.png', import.meta.url),
 );
 
+const readFirstPngPixelAlpha = (assetBase64: string): number => {
+  const binary = globalThis.atob(assetBase64);
+  const pngBytes = Uint8Array.from(binary, (character) => character.charCodeAt(0));
+  const idatChunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
+
+  for (let offset = 8; offset + 12 <= pngBytes.length;) {
+    const chunkLength = new DataView(
+      pngBytes.buffer,
+      pngBytes.byteOffset + offset,
+      4,
+    ).getUint32(0);
+    const chunkType = String.fromCharCode(...pngBytes.slice(offset + 4, offset + 8));
+    if (chunkType === 'IDAT') {
+      idatChunks.push(pngBytes.slice(offset + 8, offset + 8 + chunkLength));
+    }
+    offset += chunkLength + 12;
+  }
+
+  const compressedLength = idatChunks.reduce((total, chunk) => total + chunk.length, 0);
+  const compressedData = new Uint8Array(compressedLength);
+  let compressedOffset = 0;
+  for (const chunk of idatChunks) {
+    compressedData.set(chunk, compressedOffset);
+    compressedOffset += chunk.length;
+  }
+
+  const scanlines = unzlibSync(compressedData);
+  return scanlines[4] ?? -1;
+};
+
 describe('about brand lockup', () => {
   it('uses a transparent lockup without a tile background on the about page', () => {
     expect(appSource).toContain('resolveBrandAboutSrc');
@@ -37,18 +68,33 @@ describe('about brand lockup', () => {
     expect(readFileSync(defaultTitlebarMark, 'base64')).not.toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
-  it('keeps one shared lossless WebP asset for every selectable mascot', () => {
+  it('keeps a tile asset and a transparent about lockup for every selectable mascot', () => {
     const iconAssetPaths = brandIconsSource.match(/iconPath: '\/brand-icons\/\d{2}-.+\.webp'/g) || [];
+    const aboutAssetPaths = brandIconsSource.match(/aboutPath: '\/brand-icons\/\d{2}-.+-about\.png'/g) || [];
     expect(iconAssetPaths).toHaveLength(10);
+    expect(aboutAssetPaths).toHaveLength(10);
+
     for (const declaration of iconAssetPaths) {
       const assetPath = declaration.match(/'([^']+)'/)?.[1];
       expect(assetPath).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(readFileSync(`${brandIconsDirectory}${assetPath?.replace('/brand-icons/', '')}`, 'utf8')).not.toBe('');
+      expect(readFileSync(`${brandIconsDirectory}${assetPath?.replace('/brand-icons/', '')}`, 'base64')).not.toBe('');
+    }
+
+    for (const declaration of aboutAssetPaths) {
+      const assetPath = declaration.match(/'([^']+)'/)?.[1];
+      expect(assetPath).toBeTruthy();
+      const assetBase64 = readFileSync(
+        `${brandIconsDirectory}${assetPath?.replace('/brand-icons/', '')}`,
+        'base64',
+      );
+      expect(assetBase64).not.toBe('');
+      expect(globalThis.atob(assetBase64).charCodeAt(25)).toBe(6);
+      expect(readFirstPngPixelAlpha(assetBase64)).toBe(0);
     }
 
     const webpFiles = readdirSync(brandIconsDirectory).filter((file) => file.endsWith('.webp'));
     expect(webpFiles).toHaveLength(10);
-    const legacyPngFiles = readdirSync(brandIconsDirectory).filter((file) => file.endsWith('.png'));
-    expect(legacyPngFiles).toEqual([]);
+    const aboutPngFiles = readdirSync(brandIconsDirectory).filter((file) => file.endsWith('-about.png'));
+    expect(aboutPngFiles).toHaveLength(10);
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/brand/brandIcons.test.ts b/frontend/src/brand/brandIcons.test.ts
index d0b1f4a7..75d0535a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/brand/brandIcons.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/brand/brandIcons.test.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ import {
 } from './brandIcons';
 
 describe('brand icon asset resolution', () => {
-  it('uses one selected lossless asset for the favicon, picker, about page, and Dock', () => {
+  it('keeps tile assets for app surfaces and uses a transparent lockup on the about page', () => {
     for (const icon of BRAND_ICONS) {
       const selectedAsset = resolveBrandIconSrc(icon.id);
       expect(selectedAsset).toMatch(/^\/brand-icons\/\d{2}-.+\.webp$/);
       expect(resolveBrandFullSrc(icon.id)).toBe(selectedAsset);
-      expect(resolveBrandAboutSrc(icon.id)).toBe(selectedAsset);
       expect(resolveBrandDockSrc(icon.id)).toBe(selectedAsset);
+
+      const aboutAsset = resolveBrandAboutSrc(icon.id);
+      expect(aboutAsset).toMatch(/^\/brand-icons\/\d{2}-.+-about\.png$/);
+      expect(aboutAsset).not.toBe(selectedAsset);
     }
   });
 
@@ -26,4 +29,10 @@ describe('brand icon asset resolution', () => {
     expect(resolveBrandTitlebarSrc('unknown')).toBe(defaultTitlebarAsset);
     expect(resolveBrandTitlebarSrc('01')).toBe(resolveBrandIconSrc('01'));
   });
+
+  it('falls back to the default transparent about lockup for invalid selections', () => {
+    const defaultAboutAsset = resolveBrandAboutSrc('02');
+    expect(resolveBrandAboutSrc()).toBe(defaultAboutAsset);
+    expect(resolveBrandAboutSrc('unknown')).toBe(defaultAboutAsset);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/brand/brandIcons.ts b/frontend/src/brand/brandIcons.ts
index e569ab2c..cf653af9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/brand/brandIcons.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/brand/brandIcons.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export type BrandIconDefinition = {
   titleZh: string;
   titleEn: string;
   iconPath: string;
+  aboutPath: string;
   titlebarPath?: string;
 };
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '抱库小狗',
     titleEn: 'Database hug',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/01-database-hug.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/01-database-hug-about.png',
   },
   {
     id: '02',
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '搜库小狗',
     titleEn: 'Database search',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/02-database-search.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/02-database-search-about.png',
     titlebarPath: '/brand-marks/02-database-search-transparent.png',
   },
   {
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '头巾徽章',
     titleEn: 'Bandana badge',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/03-bandana-badge.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/03-bandana-badge-about.png',
   },
   {
     id: '04',
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '放大镜眨眼',
     titleEn: 'Magnifier wink',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/04-magnifier-wink.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/04-magnifier-wink-about.png',
   },
   {
     id: '05',
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '窗口探头',
     titleEn: 'Window peek',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/05-window-peek.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/05-window-peek-about.png',
   },
   {
     id: '06',
@@ -64,6 +70,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '六边项圈',
     titleEn: 'Hex collar',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/06-hex-collar.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/06-hex-collar-about.png',
   },
   {
     id: '07',
@@ -71,6 +78,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '关系图',
     titleEn: 'Graph sit',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/07-graph-sit.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/07-graph-sit-about.png',
   },
   {
     id: '08',
@@ -78,6 +86,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '云朵横幅',
     titleEn: 'Cloud banner',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/08-cloud-banner.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/08-cloud-banner-about.png',
   },
   {
     id: '09',
@@ -85,6 +94,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '终端旁坐',
     titleEn: 'Terminal sit',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/09-terminal-sit.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/09-terminal-sit-about.png',
   },
   {
     id: '10',
@@ -92,6 +102,7 @@ export const BRAND_ICONS: BrandIconDefinition[] = [
     titleZh: '罗盘头巾',
     titleEn: 'Compass bandana',
     iconPath: '/brand-icons/10-compass-bandana.webp',
+    aboutPath: '/brand-icons/10-compass-bandana-about.png',
   },
 ];
 
@@ -118,7 +129,7 @@ export function resolveBrandFullSrc(id?: unknown): string {
 }
 
 export function resolveBrandAboutSrc(id?: unknown): string {
-  return resolveBrandIconSrc(id);
+  return resolveBrandIcon(id).aboutPath;
 }
 
 export function resolveBrandTitlebarSrc(id?: unknown): string {