I'll try, but even thicker slings tend to get very thin on camera when in motion.  

We've still got some time. I'll take some more pics once it warms up for comparison.

I personally think the wind up looks better and you need incredibly clear video to try and capture the sling in motion, this was the best one I could find.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_KiObfGKOc&list=PL51B8CB4ED91BF1DE

Pause it at 1:10, That's what you'd be getting.

The black and white drawing guy makes it look so much more neat and organized than it really is.   

Curious Aardvark wrote on Jan 29^th, 2013 at 1:37pm:


I'll have a go at making this into a logo as well maybe tomorrow

Curious Aardvark wrote on Jan 29^th, 2013 at 12:32pm:


It reminded me of a bacon and eggs smiley face on a plate when I was making it

pictures of slinging windups lack dynamism and just looks like someone holding a couple of sticks with a blob at the end. A picture of a slinger at the point of sling release or just after, shows the entire throw in  a snapshot.

It has implied motion that a picture of the windup lacks.

Sorry for the bad quality, i make it with the "paint".

Cudol. Nice. Simple icon.

make the figure larger and you've got something there.
Larger figure, move both the figure and the ISF up a little and that would give you plenty of room for the actual award designation.
Use a slightly different font for the award and it'd work quite well

Cudol - while I like your idea and the drawing style, the figure looks exactly like someone throwing an olympic hammer one handed.

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Mine wouldn't because I'd us a slightly slower exposure setting indcating movement.
The problem is mainly in the body position. All your pics so far have been with all your weight on the back leg, so you just look like your standing still holding a long rigid pole type thing.

I've explained how to take the pictures. You set the camera to continuous shooting mode. Most half decent digital cameras will shoot at between 6-20 frames a second in continuous shooting mode. And then you just sling fairly slowly.
That should give you upwards of 10 shots of the throw in action. Do that  a few times and you'd have plenty of pictures to chose from.

Tryning to take just the one picture of athrow on a fast exposure never looks very good unless you manage to get the release point exactly right.

Another way would be to take a  HD video clip and just do a frame grab. That way you get between 24-30 frames a second - depending on camera.

Lightslinger: You can make whatever you want with the design, totally free!!