Why you need a creative hobby

[subtle aspen]

Hi, what do you think of this thumbnail & title ? Is it obvious what it's about ? The 3 elements I see are the text, me and the painting, but maybe I'm wrong and it's too crowded ? Any feedback is welcome !

[coarse hull]

I personally think the text is hard to read, maybe change the font?

[subtle aspen]

@coarse hull You're right. I changed it to a sans serif font and made the text bigger. Is it better ? There's also another picture that I could have used - which one do you like better ?

[white saffron]

Change the font

[robust gull]

I think the font need an outline color to really make it pop

[subtle aspen]

1 or 2 or neither ? I put a black shadow with the text instead of outline.. I feel like 2 pops out more

[white saffron]

2, but no need to italicize the 2nd word

[terse locust]

I agree with @white saffron, great changes you made there also! But I'd left align the both lines of the text (if they were placed at the center of the design, then I'd keep them center aligned, but it looks like there's a misalignment this way since they're on the left of the thumbnail), keep up the good work @subtle aspen!

[white saffron]

I would put the lamp so that it lights onto the painting, otrherwise the most important parts (you and the painting) are in the dark right now

and only lit thing is curtains which is irrelevant

[warped juniper]

The text change was a good call. Other than that the thumbnail looks good, maybe make you and the painting bigger. Thats all I can think of

[near raven]

Thre is too much going on, I would simplify it

Can you edit out the background and make it white? Just you and your canvas? The maybe pose a question in the wording. "I wasn't happy for 5 years....", I don't know what's true for YOU but maybe something like that.

[subtle aspen]

Alright, I changed the light so that it's on the me and the painting - that was a good call @white saffron For the text I thought it looked weird if I aligned it to the left @terse locust
Also made myself and the painting bigger (but the trade-off is the text has less space) @warped juniper
Third time's the charm ? 🙂

[subtle aspen]

The reason I didn't edit the background is because I like the aesthetic of the curtain and also it's gonna match the first shot of my video. I can't put too much text or else ppl won't read it. I'm tryin to keep it to less than 5 words

[unique grove]

I see what you're going for here but I still think it's a bit crowded.

I don't think I'm in your niche so take this with a grain of salt - but have you thought about facing the camera with a smile on your face?

[warped juniper]

I like it!

[strange thorn]

I agree with you

[lime wyvern]

I find the text to be a little difficult to read and should stand out more. I think you could also adjust the lighting and make it a bit brighter. Other than that, I think it looks good!

[heavy rivet]

How about something like that? 🙂 I scaled up the picture, changed the Fonts

[lucid saffron]

It looks super nice, I would watch it! Love the colours, they are very calm and warm (inviting)

[subtle aspen]

I like it but I saw a video about thumbnails that said not to make the text cover the main subject. I took inspiration from what you did though and edited the thumbnail again so it's just me the painting and the text. This is my final one !

[subtle aspen]

Oh I'm really happy to hear, thanks for your encouraging comment! 😊

[subtle aspen]

I have a faceless channel so I don't wanna do that ... but yea that would be a lot easier hahah