THE FINE ART OF YOUTUBE THUMBNAILERY

I so often laugh out loud at YT thumbnails that I thought I'd compile some. Unfortunately I haven't saved any from before this very day (July 2, 2024), but a few today sparked this obviously brilliant idea. I think I'll make this into something I regularly post about so I don't have a folder full of thumbnails that I might eventually lose interest in or forget about 🤔

Up for today's consideration; I Am Rob and Tragienie (these links open in a new window and go to their YT pages). These are two of my more recent favorite YT gamers, they're both so funny and it's nice to stream them while knitting or making art. I love their over the top thumbnails, tbh I doubt I'd've clicked on their videos if not for their ridiculous thumbnails.

Rob fighting for his life! 😔

I nearly Platinum'd RDR2 but I don't have friends that would help me get the online shit, lmao. Other than that, I'd have it!!! This is a miniature tangent I guess but I've put 1200 earth hours into that goddamned game, I deserve trophies imo >:( ANYHOW, Rob is hilarious and very fun to watch play games and I recommend giving his channels a shot if you like watching this sort of shit.

Here we have Tragie- oh god, he's so funny. I love watching his videos, would love to catch a live sometime. His acting skills, his subtlety, the faces he pulls during moments of scheming or ridiculousness, just perfection ... no other streamer has made me laugh so consistently with their silent deviousness alone. Here is just a sampling;

Apologies for using only left-oriented faces, the dang timer obscures the greatness.

 

 

Oh right, there's a bonus entry to this post; grumpy artist. What a cool guy, I love his work. He's a painter who shares his process, often multiple times a day in short chunks and there's something about his thumbnails that I love. I hesitate to say they're funny because I don't think it's entirely on purpose, though he IS very funny sometimes so maybe he does find it humorous to some extent.

 

Not only are his videos educational and have a nice vibe, his work is incredible??? He only has 2k subscribers at this point and I can see him going far with this, he's very consistent (currently he's uploaded 1.1k videos) along with incredible skill & content. His ability to find shadow shapes and silhouettes out of seemingly nowhere is astounding to me. I'm very grateful for his uploads.
 

I don't have anything more to add to this for now, and dealing with blogger's annoying placement of things is making me a little insane so it'll have to do. I mostly want to put out some appreciation for some folks' thumbnail work, a good thumb will draw them in, especially if they're fun or charming (even if unintentional).