Freelance YouTube thumbnail designer
Thumbnails people actually click.
Gaming, finance, education and travel channels, with three test versions on request.
Work
More work
Each one opens to the brief, the old thumbnail and what changed. The Work page sorts every project by niche.
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Before and after
Same footage. A thumbnail worth clicking.
Brick by Brick found a sealed room behind a wall. Their old thumbnail showed the hallway; mine shows the room. Same footage.
After
Before
Their old thumbnail: a hallway frame and the episode title.
Single thumbnail
US$45
per thumbnail
Ready in 48 hours
Two sketch ideas first
Two rounds of changes
Layered source file
Monthly
Most booked
US$160
per month, 4 thumbnails
One look across your uploads
Ready in 48 hours each
Two rounds of changes on each
A slot kept for your upload days
Full packaging
US$95
per video
Thumbnail plus 3 test versions
Five title options
Set up for YouTube’s Test & compare
Ready in 72 hours
Process
From brief to test in four steps
1
Brief
You send the video topic, a rough cut if you have one and two thumbnails you like.
2
Sketches
Two rough ideas within 24 hours, drawn before anything is designed.
3
Design
The finished thumbnail in 48 hours, with two rounds of changes.
4
Test
On request, three versions for YouTube’s Test & compare. The one viewers watch most stays. In this test, version B won with 61% of watch time.
Creators
What channels say
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Our finale did more views in two days than the previous five episodes together. The number on its own did the work.
AM
Arjun M.
Rune & Run, gaming
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Version B won the test by a mile. We've used the jar and the yellow on every video since.
DO
Dana O.
Pocket Ledger, personal finance
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Teachers started sharing it in class. The question in the thumbnail is the whole lesson in four words.
TB
Tom B.
Small Science, education
About
Hi, I’m Ravi.
I started with thumbnails for my own gaming channel six years ago. Now I design them for finance, science, travel and tech creators. I sketch every idea before it touches Photoshop, and I check every one at the size you’ll see it on a phone.
Photoshop · Pen tablet · Figma · Based in Pune, India, working with channels in 9 countries
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Questions
Before you order
How fast do I get my thumbnail?
48 hours from the brief for a single thumbnail. Monthly clients get a slot kept for their upload days.
How many changes can I ask for?
Two rounds on every thumbnail. Most land on the first.
What do you need from me?
The video topic or a rough cut, the title you have in mind, and two or three thumbnails you like from any channel.
Can you set up A/B tests?
Yes. Full packaging includes three versions ready for YouTube’s Test & compare, plus five title options.
How I handle your details: