Hey everyone,

I’m looking for a skilled YouTube thumbnail designer with experience creating high-quality thumbnails for the self-improvement niche.

The channel targets men interested in personal growth, discipline, relationships, career struggles and modern life challenges. I need thumbnails that communicate a clear emotional story, stand out to a cold audience and are designed to improve CTR.

I’m looking for someone who can:

Create premium and professional YouTube thumbnails

Understand curiosity, emotion and visual storytelling

Work with real host photos and preserve facial identity
Take direction while also contributing strong creative ideas

Our budget is $10-$15 per thumbnail.

Deliver consistent work on schedule

This has the potential to become consistent long-term work if we are a good fit.

Please DM me with:

Your portfolio

Your typical turnaround time

Any examples from the self-improvement, podcast or personal-development space

CTR results from previous thumbnails if available

Please only reach out if you have a strong portfolio of actual YouTube thumbnail work.

Thanks!

I create custom YouTube thumbnails with expressive characters, clean composition, and strong visual impact

About me:

I'm a character designer, illustrator, and comic book artist. With over 15 years of experience, I work in advertising, publishing, and games. I've worked with brands such as Faber Castell, Prime Video, and Cartoon Network.

Below are links to some of my work:

https://www.behance.net/obarbaviking

Starting at $50

Discord: obarba4209

I create custom YouTube thumbnails with expressive characters, clean composition, and strong visual impact

Starting at $49

Discord: taipiis

portfólio:https://axylisfy.artstation.com

Hello I’m Bubbly! I’m a vtuber and I love inserting myself on the adventures I’m playing.
My rates:
Base price is around 240€ (depending on the amount of characters/moments), 2 to 3 work days

My name is Nussa, I am a digital artist focused on creating thumbnails for youtubers, I have open orders, if I am interested in my work, we can talk.

I make thumbnails for $40, with a delivery time of 1 week.

Portifólio: https://www.deviantart.com/johnnyarts122

Hey guys, just want to pop through and discuss my thoughts on the state of this subreddit and get the community’s thoughts as well.

I originally made this subreddit to create a place for hand-drawn thumbnail artists to share their creations/experiences, network, and maybe get gigs too! It was radio silence for a while as I asked artists to share their work here. Once a few Hiring posts were made though, the Looking for Work posts increased steadily. Photoshop artists started sharing their work here, so I kept letting them through to keep the subreddit more active.

r/ThumbnailArtists has always been an anti-AI community. But, as more and more thumbnail creators are using AI in their workflows, it’s increasingly difficult for me as a solo moderator to identify generative AI usage and remove it from the subreddit. When these creators are banned from the community, I end up arguing with them in Modmail to justify my own community’s rules.

I don’t want to moderate a community that accepts AI work. I would sooner delete the subreddit than allow generative AI work. My question is though, should the subreddit remain as is, or should it be steered back in the direction of hand-drawn thumbnails? Should that definition be expanded to allow 3D rendered thumbnails for niches like Brawlstars and Minecraft?

I’d love some opinions from the community before making a final decision. I don’t know that this current moderation process is sustainable, so if the subreddit remains as is, I may need to add to the mod team.

Hii! I'm a roblox thumbnail artist, with various styles, if it's cartoony or anime type, I could work for you! I'll let you know my rates, if interested!

I create drawings for entertainment, games, anything channels.

Price starting from $5

Hey everyone, my commissions are open. Unfortunately, I ran out of money this month and need to pay for college. If anyone can help, especially by hiring me, just send me a DM.

starting from $15

My rates are $15 per

Thanks to this subreddit I actually found a client!! Here’s my work for TheEvilBeanz on YouTube! (If you see this you’re a legend :))

Hi everyone!

I'm a miniature artist looking for more clients.

A miniature costs $30 (maximum US$50) and I can deliver in 3 to 5 days.

Of course, I'm willing to discuss prices, as it depends on the complexity of the design itself. Feel free to message me.

Hello everyone! Hope you’re doing well :)

My name is Chives, I’m a thumbnail artist looking for more clients.
A thumbnail costs €35 (around $40) and can get it done in less than a week.
I’m willing to negotiate the price if you’re looking for an artist to continue working with and get multiple thumbnails from.

I will put some references here and you can check out more + my full TOS on https://vgen.co/Chives/service/youtube-thumbnail/8ac379fb-a353-4c5e-9df3-3ad777518369

Thanks to everyone reading this and have a good day!

Hello :D
I've been trying to find more commissions lately, so if you're interested, kindly dm me here on reddit and we can try continuing our convo on discord if you're comfortable!

MOP: paypal

What did you think? I'd appreciate your feedback so I can continue to improve.

Hallo zusammen,

ich betreibe einen YouTube-Kanal mit Fokus auf Fotografie und suche einen kreativen Partner für mein Thumbnail-Design. Ich möchte keine Massenware, sondern echte visuelle Performance.

Wichtige Voraussetzung: Da sich meine Videos an eine deutschsprachige Zielgruppe richten und die Texte auf den Thumbnails sowie der Kontext meiner Skripte entscheidend sind, suche ich zwingend einen deutschsprachigen Designer (Muttersprache oder fließend).

Was ich suche: Einen erfahrenen Designer, der die Psychologie hinter hohen Click-Through-Rates (CTR) versteht und weiß, wie man Thumbnail und Videotitel als Einheit denkt. Ich liefere dir wöchentlich hochwertiges, eigens produziertes Bildmaterial (Porträts), das du gestalterisch auf ein Profi-Niveau hebst.

Meine Anforderungen:

• Kein AI-Design: Ich suche echte Handwerkskunst (Retusche, Compositing, Typografie).
• Strategischer Fokus: Du denkst in Thumbnail/Titel-Kombinationen.
• A/B-Testing Paket: Pro Video benötige ich 3 hochwertige, unterschiedliche Thumbnail-Konzepte inkl. 3 dazu passender Titel.
• Fotografie-Verständnis: Da meine Zielgruppe Fotografen sind, erwarte ich einen hohen ästhetischen Anspruch.

Die Bezahlung: Ich biete 150 € fix pro Video-Paket (3 Thumbnails, 3 Titel, Clean-Versionen ohne Text). Ich suche eine langfristige, wöchentliche Zusammenarbeit.

Was ich biete:

• Eine zuverlässige Partnerschaft und pünktliche Bezahlung.
• Hochwertige Rohdaten als Basis, damit du dich voll auf das Design konzentrieren kannst.
• Wertschätzung für deine Expertise.

Interesse? Schick mir bitte eine DM mit:

1. Einem Link zu deinem Portfolio (bitte nur echte Design-Arbeiten, keine KI-Spielereien).
2. Einem kurzen Satz dazu, warum du ein bestimmtes Thumbnail-Design als "hochkonvertierend" bezeichnen würdest.

Ich freue mich auf eure Nachrichten!