Thumbnail style

[vgjfelix]

Looking for some advice on this one.

If you do a youtube search for Surface RT tips on Youtube on the first page you will various bright white thumbnails with text on. They look something like this (although this is Nexus 7 thumbnail)

I've made them like this to be clear, consistent and dominating on the page but do you think they do the videos justice or should I be thinking of something a little more creative and eye catching? And if anyone has any ideas/mockups please let me know.

Cheers,

vgjfelix

 

[unknown_userr433436365]

I made this mock-up, you can use it If you want, I prefer thumbnails that are clean but vibrant and not gradiented to much!

 

[unknown_user908234902]

I think a lot of people judge videos by thumbnails, making it important to get it right, so props for wanting to do that. It usually depends on your target audience whether you'd use more color and such. For this thumbnail in specific, it may benefit more from a product image. Titles say a lot that thumbnails don't necessarily have to.

 

[SaKenMadRaj]

I like for thumbs to be bright and eye catching... heres some examples of the ones ive made