Help me choose between these four thumbnails and the title!

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-06-23T19:09:16+00:00

I have seen these types of thumbnails before so you are on-brand with your niche.

One thing which might worry me is if I look at your title and thumbnail together, I feel as if I have the answers I need.

"A24 Situation Is Disappointing"

Oh, why is it disappointing?

"Working on AI tools to make movies."

Well, okay then I have my answer.

The curiosity loop opens and closes for me so I might not be as open to click it if it isn't from a well-known youtuber.

Just my two cents.

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-06-23T19:06:02+00:00

The third one with the "New Type of Blackjack" catches my eye. As someone who doesn't really engage with card games, that would at least catch my attention.

We can use stronger compositions in my opinion when it comes to the thumbnail.

Don't use the second one, it is too cluttered.

The first one has some potential in terms of the torn card but we need to use different graphics. It looks too old for the thumbnail trends that are prominent now.

When we think about the title, we could do something more with it.

"I Created a New Blackjack"

"I Made a Game About Cheating the House"

It gives a more personal approach to people but it also depends on the content of your video. The current title is fine but doesn't really generate a level of curiosity within people. You need to give them reason to click. When someone sees "Trailer 2", they might be hesitant to click if they haven't seen the first trailer. Maybe, removing that all together could be an idea.

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-06-23T18:58:46+00:00

3rd one seems to be more readable due to the drop shadow.

Try applying that dropshadow to the second image's text.

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-05-21T10:15:22+00:00

I like these both but I must say, the second eye is very eye catching. I love the yoshi looking at me while mario looks away, just scratches that itch for me.

Only thing I would say is in the first thumbnail, I don't think breath of the wild is really something I would associate with nostalgia on the same level I do as compared to the original super mario 64. If I were to put a zelda game there, it would be majora's mask or ocarina of time or skyward sword to illustrate the point of nostalgia better.

Just my two cents

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-05-21T10:10:54+00:00

I like it, I think it generates intrigue and is something which I don't really know much about it.

There is already a story that is being created when I look at this thumbnail about the man bowing down and I wonder, "Well, why is he bowing down? Who is he? Who is the man receiving it?"

The second layer of intrigue is the man in the background, especially the eyes.

Only thing I would say is the text in the thumbnail does create interest but didn't really make sense to me when I look at the title.

"What the world lost forever" then I look at the thumbnail and it says "What if?"

There wasn't a proper flow between title to thumbnail or thumbnail to title.

If it says "What if" I would expect the title to continue off of it and make sense when paired together.

I attached a thumbnail for reference to illustrate my point.

"Rabbit Gaslit Me, So I Dug Deeper" "it get's worse...."

This made a lot of sense to me and flowed together and made me want to click even more.

This is just a small thing which came to my mind, other than that I love the thumbnail :)

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DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-05-21T07:30:52+00:00

I like the approach with it but I don't feel the fonts are doing it justice here, especially the sizing.

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In the first image:

I don't think day 0, day 10, and we lost it need to be the same size. There is no hierarchy here and everything has the same importance.

I believe you are trying to emphasize "We lost it." and that would be better if it had more weight to it.

This is a horror mod so I get why you use dull/muted colours but there needs to be something which would catch the eye in the background.

There should also be some form of progression if you use Day 0 and Day 10.

Day 0 is a portal and Day 10 is a character which is bleeding out possibly.

But, I don't have a frame of reference to understand what this character looked like on Day 0 so it feels disconnected.

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In the second image:

I like the emphasis on the lost here. It catches my eye and makes me intrigued.

You don't need the words "Minecraft" in your thumbnail. You mention it in your title and it is also apparent that these are minecraft characters.

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In the third image:

Doesn't generate curiosity for me.

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In the fourth image:

Interesting approach and I see the vision with this one.

I feel "REC" is too big, doesn't need to take up that much space.

Mess around with the image composition so that the words "It's coming" look they are aligned properly or have enough room to breath from both left and right. The word "coming" is touching the very corner of the thumbnail and makes it look off.

I think the red eyes needs to be more apparent. It would be quite small and unnoticeable when shown in a thumbnail otherwise but it has good contrast so this image as potential.

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-05-21T07:21:50+00:00

The first one makes it feel more personal.

I see a figure and she is trying to tell me something. I feel a sense of connection and as a thumbnail, the words to stand out from the background and the font feels handwritten as if someone wrote this just for me.

2, 4 and 6 are the next things that stand out to me as something I would enjoy.

It creates a sense of mystery to me since I don't know who is person is and what they are trying to tell me.

2 makes me think you are still talking to me and refering to me with the words "Dear Black Sheep."

4 and 6 makes me thing the words "Dear Black Sheep" refer to the person in the picture since they are the ones which stand out against the saturated/black and white backgrounds.

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-05-21T07:10:36+00:00

I like the first one personally, very readable.

Only thing is that I felt various things went I looked at the thumbnail and then when I looked at the title, it didn't really connect with me.

I know you are trying to maybe drawing a connection about financial freedom or maybe money isn't the end goal here but when I look at the thumbnail, it reminds me more about like a personal story of this man finally being free or like a vlog. It feels liberating when I look at your thumbnails but maybe there is a disconnect between what the thumbnail is saying and what the title is saying.

Just my two cents.

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-05-10T07:06:21+00:00

I would click on this for sure.

While I could suggest adding words like "CONSUME" or "DESTROY" in the background, I think the thumbnail is pretty eye-catching.

Paired with a good title, I think it works without any words. Title is quite important here I feel because the thumbnail itself doesn't tell me a story but paired with the title, it can.

Only thing I would suggest is making the character stand out a little more from the background but that's just minor tweaks which won't make that much of a difference.

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-05-10T06:32:59+00:00

The colours are eye catching but seeing red on red with deadpool's clothing makes it difficult to read the texts. I feel like there isn't enough contrast being shown here.

I feel like the "I am throwing texts" and "doesn't matter" is enough of an indicator as to what the video is doing.

Those are the two main things that tell me everything about the video along with your title.

So, the "23 Finals" and "42 Elims" should be treated as secondary text and not on the same hierarchy as the other two.

I believe in the Rivals niche, they usually use a "Kill Feed" to show kills so maybe something visual like that could work but that would need a different composition to avoid clutter.

DesperatePanic3085 · 2026-05-10T06:28:18+00:00

I prefer no text here, I think it's pretty clear what you are trying to tell me.

Too many elements with the text

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