#My Thumbnail

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ocean warren
topaz folio
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there's a lot of deadspace

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like the only parts that are used are the mine and the player on the right, you're wasting 90% of the thumbnail

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its also very gray

ocean warren
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The game is gray to be fair.

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But I see your point not enough pop

topaz folio
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yeah but you can add coloured text

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or get a still frame of the mine when it's lit

ocean warren
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I can just color it on

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As far as the dead space though how could that be alleviated?

topaz folio
ocean warren
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Without adding like arrows and stuff lol

topaz folio
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I'd opt for zooming in on the mine

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adding arrows works too

ocean warren
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Uhhhhh I cannot zoom in on the mine lol

topaz folio
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wdym

ocean warren
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lmao

topaz folio
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that's not quite what I said

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you've scaled the mine up

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zoom the entire thumbnail in

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you can then cut out the player on the right and move them so they're still in frame

ocean warren
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Ahh I see what you mean ignore that

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Im assuming you mean more like this.

topaz folio
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yeah

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try to keep it central, the mine is the focal point

ocean warren
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Not shabby. cuts out my friend too

topaz folio
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you can then add arrows and text to bring some colour in

ocean warren
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More centered (cut out the foot)

topaz folio
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play around with the zoom level a bit til you find something you like

ocean warren
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You dont think arrows would make the image tacky or clickbaity?

topaz folio
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I think you can zoom in more

topaz folio
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you want people to click

ocean warren
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Hmm I see

topaz folio
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like if someone sees a thumbnail that they want to click on, and the video delivers on what they expected, everyone wins

ocean warren
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Makes sense

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I know a lot of people despise arrows though

topaz folio
ocean warren
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I think this zoom level feels the most comfortable

topaz folio
ocean warren
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I agree. The dead space definitely felt weird since you mentioned it

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Im gonna touch up the drop shadow and add something in

topaz folio
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maybe make the shadow coloured, like red or blue

ocean warren
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This is going to be difficult im colorblind

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Now it feels kinda blah

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Idk the color messes it up I think.

topaz folio
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hm yeah agreed, light blue doesn't work

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I think it's the weird reddish outline

ocean warren
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Probably I opted back to BW

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Creative idea with the arrow possibly?

topaz folio
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interesting

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on its own it's a bit weird, I'd add some text to the left side

ocean warren
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Good point

ocean warren
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I removed the floor out the left corner so it looked better.

topaz folio
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ehhh its still very gray

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the skull also feels odd to me

ocean warren
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More of a blue tone to contrast the red

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also don't like the skull?

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I put the skull because of the movement of the image.

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Arrow ---> Mine ---> Death.

topaz folio
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I still think adding some coloured text would be better

topaz folio
ocean warren
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So what if I drop the quality of the skull?

topaz folio
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are you against adding text?

ocean warren
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Im not against it.

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It just seems basic

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I feel like text is used to describe a situation

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But there is no need to describe what is going on.

topaz folio
ocean warren
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True that was a way of expression I suppose.

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Idk I feel like adding text just crowds the image too much

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too much going on

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Maybe just 1 word could work?

topaz folio
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I'm not convinced by the 3D text, feels dated

ocean warren
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Don't is a word I would put in Red so what if the arrow was green?

topaz folio
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yeah could work

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try some other arrow styles too

ocean warren
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WAIT

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I got an idea

topaz folio
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not a big fan of that arrow

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the colours don't work well and the head isn't even

ocean warren
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I think the blue compliments way better and I brought down the spread so its more subtle

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Damn I was able to squeeze 3 colors in this thumbnail lmao