Ok, so it seems that this icon hasn't been approved, for different good reasons: doubts about copyright and being too "exotic" for aMule, mainly. No problem, it's ok when there are reasons.
So please let me try and be propositive about what is to do now.
First, I think aMule needs a good icon -- it
deserves it: a good app like this one can't go on borrowing a mule from another application when what it is inspired to is a white rabbit. Then the current mule looks terrible at lower sizes and it can create confusion among users.
Then I must admit I am not good at drawing something from scratch. I'm not a designer, I always need a starting point (as in my real life work, after all... as you could guess from my avatar I'm a classical musician, I usually work on interpretation, not on composition). I create icons for fun (since a year more or less) in my spare time, so let me say I am quite proud of my White Rabbit anyway -- it was the first non-geometrical icon for me, it wasn't trivial to render and it came out better than I'd have expected. It will always remain in my deviantArt page (
http://mischamajskij.deviantart.com), and probably the lower sizes will come in the near future.
Another point is that I'm a specialist in the Tango style because I really like it and it is becoming a standard in *nix systems and more and more popular among win and mac users, too. IMHO aMule's icon
should be in Tango style, as a cross-platform app it is by far the best solution. Maybe someone will be of a different advice, I know. This is my point of vue.
So what I can propose at the moment is to contact the Tango Artists via their mailing list -- there are many good designers there -- asking them for a simpler (but
cute) white rabbit in Tango style. Some are even specialists in pets and co. (see for example hbons's icon for Pidgin or his cute firefox alternate icon (
http://www.bomahy.nl/hylke/blog/firefox-icon/). I'm sure they can do an excellent job.
So I'm ready to join the Tango Artists ML and ask them, I wait for your permission.
If they happen to be too busy to draw it, then I can take another chance by drawing a simpler rabbit. I think I could start from wuischke's avatar, which I like very much.
These are my reflections. Maybe I should have posted this as a new topic, please move it for me if you think it's worth it.
P.S.: I'll consider my Tango skin unfinished until aMule has a new icon, because the small Client_aMule will match the new one. I'm also going to tangofy all remaining client icons (that won't take so much time, now that I'm more familiar with inkscape).
P.P.S.: I'm always waiting for more small icons to be skinnable. I already have Tango replacements for most of them on my HD.