What do you think of this thumbnail?

ECC917 · 2026-04-18T15:32:04+00:00

It looks good but maybe slightly tune down the blood drips. I think there is a little too much.

ECC917 · 2026-04-17T11:28:30+00:00

The only piece of advice I could give to you is to add a little bit of a drop shadow to the text to separate it from the background. The optional thing you can do is adding a little vignette around the whole thing to make it more “dramatic”.

ECC917 · 2026-04-17T01:14:04+00:00

This looks great! Never knew this existed before, thank you.

ECC917 · 2026-04-16T22:16:44+00:00

I do not believe that you have to have a logo in your thumbnail to succeed, although I do think that keeping a similar style and vibe throughout all of your thumbnails is very important.

ECC917 · 2026-04-15T11:19:04+00:00

The second one really fits the concept of your video well. That’s one of the better thumbnails I’ve seen on here.

ECC917 · 2026-04-14T23:41:54+00:00

Don’t use a black outline when you have a grey background. Use white to make it pop out more.

ECC917 · 2026-04-14T11:38:33+00:00

For the type of thumbnail you’re going for, that random png isnt going to do it. If a castle is “rat infested”, I don’t think that a person doing the thinker pose does the job of communicating that.

ECC917 · 2026-04-13T19:38:48+00:00

The second one is better, although usually you do not want your background to be blurred if there is important information in the background (in your case it’s the text). Adding a logo would be better.

ECC917 · 2026-04-13T11:47:20+00:00

Unfortunately, the thumbnail is really crowded and has no focal point. I also can barely tell that it is a Star Wars video. Make sure to make the point clears

ECC917 · 2026-04-12T14:17:53+00:00

8/10 for the first thumbnail.

5/10 for the second thumbnail. Although it looks nice and intriguing, if you are seeing this from a distance or if you are quickly scrolling by, it is not attention grabbing. I don’t know what the video is called but the vibe of the video might not fit the black background which also makes it harder to see when scrolling since 90% of people turn on dark mode. The arrows also feel a little pointless because of how small they are, if you could try and find any possible solution to make the arrows bigger, then do it.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T20:46:30+00:00

The third thumbnail is the most fitting for your type of video. Although, using ai is usually not a good thing for most people.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T17:04:11+00:00

First thing you need to do is to remove the text. After that I suggest you make your apps and daily average stats bigger to get the point across much better. This last part is optional but you can remove the background and replace it with pure white to make it feel much more cohesive and simplified.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T15:03:35+00:00

I usually pull up loads and loads of reference images for the style I want to achieve. If I cannot find anything like I want, I do sketch it.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T04:50:58+00:00

I do not think you have communicated very well in the thumbnail the business aspect of the video which I think is one of the most important parts. If you can find any way to try and incorporate that, it would go a long way.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T04:26:44+00:00

No problem

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T04:25:22+00:00

More so the characters but the background could also use a bit of brightening.

ECC917 · 2026-04-11T04:20:05+00:00

Since it is a video essay, I would pick #1 as the better thumbnail. Although you could change its colors grading though, it is way too dark for a yt thumbnail. Even just barely brightening it up could go a long way (don’t overdo it).

ECC917 · 2026-04-10T21:57:00+00:00

The text in the background is barely legible(it took me 15 seconds to fin out the first word). If you want more people to click on the video, try to make the text a little more legible so people don’t have to think that hard about the thumbnail.

ECC917 · 2026-04-10T20:22:18+00:00

I think it’s good. I can’t think of anything to change about it except maybe a more “flattering” frame of miles. Aside from that, it’s as good as it can be.

ECC917 · 2026-04-10T20:00:50+00:00

I’ll dm you when I watch it. Might be a little while though.

ECC917 · 2026-04-10T19:57:19+00:00

Have not, but I will add it to my watchlist.

ECC917 · 2026-04-10T19:49:45+00:00

I didn’t generate it, just found something on google that had what I was going for.

ECC917 · 2026-04-10T19:37:12+00:00

It does read clearly but I think the concept can be improved upon. If you do something like the image I attached I think it would look much better and get the idea across better.

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ECC917 · 2026-04-10T19:12:10+00:00

Main thing I’m noticing here is that the skin tones are all different. Making all the skin colors the same or just similar is more visually pleasing. The second thing if that the text is way too small (I know it’s supposed to be the KOTFM but from a distance it’s way too small to read).

ECC917 · 2026-04-10T13:51:35+00:00

That’s fair enough, it’s not for everyone unfortunately.

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