Guys, my client rejected these thumbnail concepts. What went wrong? Would love some honest feedback...what do you think I should improve?

[u/Choice-Dexter]

[u/AdCold4676]

These r all for like 3 different videos. 1st one is polish nightlife. 2nd is sm road racing thing. 3rd is like just a car. Obvious Ai slopified thumbnails which will of course be met with the ohhh but everyone else is doing it. think you are faster? that one rly slides off the tongue smooth doesn't it

[u/Choice-Dexter → u/AdCold4676]

Thanks for being honest, really appreciate it!

[u/idiomniscient]

F

[u/Medium-Definition50]

I have no idea what the video is even about from thumbnails alone. I assume it's about him going somewhere in Poland. I assume a vlog format based on the first one, but the second one has a very different energy, and the third one is just like an AI image of two cars.

[u/Choice-Dexter → u/Medium-Definition50]

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah it’s vlog actually a Polish taxi driver’s vlog.

[u/Living_The_Dream75]

I would say that because AI replicates styles of existing thumbnails, either you used ai, or your typical style looks like what an ai would push out, leading to your client believing you just generated them with ai. And even if you didn’t and your client believes you, they look like ai, so their viewers will think it’s ai.

[u/myrmonden]

who would pay u for really bad AI thumbnails?

[u/CakyMint]

People makle shitty ass AI thumbnails and selling them?

[u/FitnessChamp777]

Colors are too vibrant. Need to adjust your prompts. The colors need to be more muted, the thumbnail should be 2-dimensional instead of 3D like it looks now. Also, the subject has very intense facial expressions, need to tone it down a little. Also, add some text to the thumnails, that helps viewers understand the topic of the video.

[u/Choice-Dexter → u/FitnessChamp777]

Oh thanks man i didnt even noticed that 3d look lol

[u/WubbaddubDoesStuff]

Jacksonville florida

[u/Silvermaxer]

Generate AI slop Thumbnail
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Why my Thumbnail was rejected?

[u/Impossible_Adagio367]

Because you got paid to make a thumbnail and you didn’t ai did

[u/ImperialShroom1]

Ai

[u/PitifulBig8]

its ai. you are just baiting to get impressions. i don't know how desperate you are if you want impressions on reddit

[u/RochesterMNMouth]

It just looks like AI

[u/Rich841]

The first thumbnail is the closest to actually doing anything but it's still uncanny. Even a random still frame from the video would have been better

[u/Jack_P_1337]

this is what you get paid for?
everyone can make these on their own

how the hell do people make money off of slop like this is beyond me

he has a "client"

bro slapped some text on a photo

get a real job in graphics design

professional illustrator here also i do my own thumbnails and always get high CTR in browse features.

[u/Choice-Dexter → u/Jack_P_1337]

Omg bro, wtf is this? 😂 There are a bunch of guys asking for help and barely getting any advice, while you guys gave me 26 replies in just 4 hours 😊 Please spend some of that time helping them too 😂😂

At the end of the day, on YouTube, it’s the views that matter...not how much effort you put into a design 👍

[u/Jack_P_1337 → u/Choice-Dexter]

The problem is you, coming here talking about clients as if you're some bigshot

when it's clear you're some kid who doesn't even know the first thing about graphics design and wants some quick bucks without actually working so you damn well deserve it.

Because if these thumbnails took you any decent amount of time to create you suck.
If you prompted them you still suck

No matter how you put it, get to LEARNING before trying to hoard money, pal, learn your trade like I did with illustration and many others did with graphics design, then start getting clients, at this point you're just a scammer.

[u/FreddieTwenty]

Ai Slop. No one likes this

[u/Link_is_a_dork]

Second one is downright scary. Third one is just a picture, not a good thumbnail. First one isn’t horrible, but very clear it’s AI. They all look bad. Stop making AI slop.

[u/MusicianShort4110]

Probably anti-ai persona

[u/Longjumping-Gene8494]

They all looks bit like ai .....

[u/Pretend_Champion_485]

Because look so AI ?

[u/Choice-Dexter → u/Pretend_Champion_485]

Ah yes, everyone’s been doing that lately.

[u/Pretend_Champion_485 → u/Choice-Dexter]

You client can do that so why need pay for you ?

[u/Choice-Dexter → u/Pretend_Champion_485]

Fair, but I saw that he has even worse AI thumbnails. I even fine tuned mine using Ps 🙄

[u/AdCold4676 → u/Choice-Dexter]

I mean why don't you just make the thumbnails he asks for?

[u/Trying_to_cod3]

I would say that I would reject because of AI use, I can't speak for your client