"i killed cryptids with JUST items i found in my house"

[vague hollow]

i need help with the thumbnail.
do you prefer the first one or the second one more?
i was also thinking about retaking my picture to add in bruises to make it look more like i fought a cryptid.

also what do you think of the title?
i was thinking of doing either :
"i killed cryptids with JUST items i found in my house"
or
"killing cryptids with household items"

"i killed cryptids with JUST items i found in my house"

[mortal tusk]

personally, i enjoy the second one

[warm moth]

I prefer the first one looks more professional and more detailed den the 2nd one

[shrewd spire]

First one is very "in" right now with Dogpack, Neo, Fern all using that style but I have always been partial to a single point of focus and minimal text. The second one isn't great the text style isn't right and takes away from it as a whole. To improve the second one which people seem to like here I would experiment with text and arrows more obnoxiously (all caps, bigger, avoid the edges, tilt etc).

First one also needs some work on the text plus the image of (presumably) you could be blended better into the thumbnail.