Thumbnail ideas for a channel with an abstract theme

Cristy Ella

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For my secondary channel I'm am trying to be more abstract. I've seen other youtubers pull this off with ease and others not so much. So far so good. However I want to create a brand.

So for the most part I am;
- Keeping a pastel/blue scheme for the most part
- Drawing inspiration from a few themes (ie/ serial experiments lain)
- keeping videos short and simple but at the same time detailed.
- keeping things cheap
- Android, abstract, nightmare, computer virus are some themes to my project.

Now as for channel art I have no idea. I am trying to debate on whether or not thumbnails are worth it for me (you can see them in my latest review thread).

Now these are 2 different channels that could be potentially related to what I am doing. One just allows natural SS from her video. The other is a little more polished. But both work.




I just don't know if polished would go with my channels specific purpose or not.
 

HecksVision

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I am new to You Tube but I think thumbnails are the way to go. It shows you are putting effort in your content. Some people will not click on a vid without a good looking one and I think that is true.
Might as well put the best foot forward. Now the SS only channel you show as doing well without a thumb is on typical. She is putting a photo of her beautiful face as a thumb and that is
not just a plain old screen shot.
 

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I hate thumbnails. I wish they could be more abstract like album art. But it doesn't work until you have people hooked. Otherwise it's just a weird unknown thing