Your first custom thumbnail

[sickmind33]

Anyone here ever just look at their videos, and stare at their first ever custom thumbnail?

Everytime I do, I just think of how much better I have gotten at graphics.

 

[Kate (Caitlin)]

I facepalm at how bad they were.

 

[Thrashbat]

These are all of the thumbnails I've made for my 9 videos. So, the coming soon trailer is earliest and the NNN #4 is latest. What do you think of them? Have they improved? I'd say the first one isn't as good as the others. Maybe not facepalm worthy though

 

[eveahbot]

My very first thumbnails consisted of a generic Minecraft wallpaper background with generic looking text. You can say it was quite....generic

 

[JeriKane]

My very first thumbnail was just a black background with a few renders slapped on top. Looking back, I do think it was kind of sucky. XD That's why I'm using a colored background now. Lol

 

[JosPlays]

I don't even know anymore what my first thumbnail was. It happend a very long time ago, but I think it wasn't that special.

 

[sickmind33]

Now use the power of comparison, how different are they

 

[eveahbot]

Personally, I think mine are much better. I put more time into the thumbnails now, something flashy but not overdoing it. I've found that people tend to pass over the really obnoxious thumbnails.

 

[sammydeedge]

(If you want to compare, my new video is in the signature so yeah compare away)
I think my editing has become a bit less specific background stuff (ie instead of spending ages cutting the background I keep in in but paint over edges and stuff. It's also become less informative but in my opinion more eye-catching (maybe I don't know I like making them though).

 

[sickmind33]

(If you want to compare, my new video is in the signature so yeah compare away)
I think my editing has become a bit less specific background stuff (ie instead of spending ages cutting the background I keep in in but paint over edges and stuff. It's also become less informative but in my opinion more eye-catching (maybe I don't know I like making them though).

Nice to see the progression