This is a small collection of video thumbnails I created for a YouTube channel called, “Gus the Gummy Gator” (1.46M subscribers), which is under the “Ryan’s World” brand.
The channel is a kids channel aimed at viewers ages 4-8 years old and featuring gaming and education animated videos.
Thumbnails are the first image a viewer sees before clicking a video and are meant to capture their attention using dramatic images and colors that pop in order to get them to click on your videos.
Title: SECRET SPY MISSION TO STOP DARK TITAN! Become Super Spy like Ryan! Views: 1.8 million on YouTube Responsibilities: Created original thumbnail on Photoshop using custom character graphics and stock vector backgrounds. Added brightness, contrast and saturation as well as golden glow effect on video game controller, logo on top left corner and blue border on thumbnail.
Title: 1000 Mystery Buttons CHALLENGE! Only 1 will let you ESCAPE! Magic Mystery Box!! Views: 1.6 million on YouTube Responsibilities: Added custom graphic of alligator, and sweat drops popping out of his face. Used graphic of buttons and changed their colors. Added "EXIT" text layer and white glow effect behind it to make it stand out. Also added logo on the bottom right corner and yellow frame around the thumbnail.
Title: Let's Play ROBLOX Slide Down Stuff 999,999,999 Miles on Rainbow Slide Views: 1 million on YouTube Responsibilities: Layered custom graphics of alligator with cardboard box, added speed lines to create sense of motion. Also added "Roblox" and company logos as top layers and include screenshot from the video game to serve as background. Lastly, I added brightness, contrast and saturation to make colors pop.