First Fondant Practice Figure...please Critique
Decorating By wgoat5 Updated 26 Oct 2006 , 2:50pm by tiptop57
I say definitely the gray one...it is adorable!!
As far as i know, the donkey is not offensive toward the democratic party...it is a very popular symbol. Even Andrew Jackson used it to his advantage and adopted is as his own symbol...but if your not sure about using it...leave it sexless.
I LOVE the gray donkey!!!! Whether or not you leave it female is up to you.....but i definitely like the grey one.....the brown one was adorable too but at first glance I thought it was a moose. The grey one absolutely looks all donkey and nothing else!! fabulous sculpting wow!!!
Glad to have been of help. Don't forget to post a pic of the cake when it is done!
Theresa 
Well......... I kinda like the donkey in a dress and look at the 2008 buttons they have the donkey half man and half donkey
http://www.buttonzup.com/04_wecandoit.htm
So I guess a donkey in a dress is not that far off! 
I do like the grey one better (although the brown one is adorable and I knew it was a donkiey the second I saw it) and I would probably call the person ordering the cake to get a second opinion or maybe like the 30th opinion if you count all of ours. 
bj 
Well after seeing that site (THANKS BJ) I don't believe I will change it....and watch this P*&& people off...the cake will be sitting on a elephant LOL. I don't really care I'm a republican. I am close friends with the person the party is for and she told me go for it! She is actually planning a party whether or not she wins so...Thought about making 2 signs for the donkey to hold..or sit in front of her...the first two(if she wins) will say Look who won!!! and then her name on the other...if she doesn't The first one will still say look who won...and then the second one will say...who gives a s*&@ lol....oh well just my sense of humor. Thanks for the support CCers!
Hey, BJFranco, do you recognize that picture from somewhere else? That's a take-off on the Rosie The Riveter posters they used to promote women working in the munitions factories during World War II.
Attached is the original picture.
Theresa
Try this....Thomas Nast was also responsible for the Republican Party elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled "The Republican Vote!"
Just another twist for you to chew on.....
Hey, BJFranco, do you recognize that picture from somewhere else? That's a take-off on the Rosie The Riveter posters they used to promote women working in the munitions factories during World War II.
Attached is the original picture.
Theresa
Hillary Clinton is using this pic also. I saw somewhere on the web....
I like the grey donkey best but the brown was gorgeous too!!
wgoat5 --
"I'll start on my squished elephant tonight"
Wow, I can't wait to see that one!
Theresa
He is soooo adorable! And he looks like a donkey to me.
Wow, you are all so talented and brave. I have yet to attempt to sculpt figures out of fondant. I love to do gumpaste flowers, but I have stayed away from figures so far. You have given me hope that I may be able to do it. Your donkey looks great. Can't wait to see the entire cake.
Tris
Triscorey -
I learned how to sculpt figures by practicing with Sculpey. Don't get me wrong, the Sculpey is far more resistant to my hot hands than any of the sugarpastes are, but it made it easier to get the basics down.
I do not do figures yet for cakes, but I do practice techniques a lot. I have two particular figures in my head for about a year now, and when I finally get them done to my liking, you will all know about it.
Theresa
I'm voting for the grey "sexless" donkey. Both are cute, but I think the grey fits the image better. Good job! 
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