I Interviewed a YouTube Thumbnail Designer About How To Make Your Videos Pop

Nick Hilton
Bootcamp
Published in
5 min readJan 26, 2022

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Some of the thumbnails that aftr has designed

I’ve always been curious about the way that top YouTubers use custom artwork in order to sell their channels and video concepts to viewers. It’s a skill that sits at the intersection of creative work and brand marketing, and, on top of that, it has to be turned over very quickly and super regularly. Every successful YouTuber has a distinctive feel to their…

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Writer. Media entrepreneur. London. Interested in technology and the media. Co-founder podotpods.com Email: nick@podotpods.com.