What do you think about this thumbnail?

Holy cow this is a lot of information, I’ll keep this in mind when redoing it, probably redo the background enviroment and really fix that low res logo

Explinations for why things are

  1. green borders = green screen
  2. snow is yoinked from google images (yikes it turned out bad)
  3. Logo was made in microsoft paint on a school laptop (yikes again)
  4. I could not think of a pose for the character, I’ll definetly use your feedback on it
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Some people have zero experience with blender, and telling someone to “do it in blender” and provide no tips, tutorials, or starting pointers is like giving someone a Lego set with zero instructions and telling them to make a millennium falcon. It’s just really unnecessary.

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I would try blurring the snow too if i were you, it stands out too much.

Maybe try replacing the exclamation marks with the character doing something that represents them, for example them having their hands up in the air, or possibly a different face.

If you can install things on the school laptop or have a computer at home, download paint.net which is very similar to MS Paint but with much more flexibility and the ability to install plugins. I use a few plugins myself, like a drop shadow plugin which is really handy to help add some depth and separation of objects in an image. Drop Shadow Plugin

It’s pretty similar to the MS paint interface but with stuff moved around, you should get used to it pretty easily.

MS Paint:

Paint .net (with a few descriptive markings in case you’re new to this sort of thing)

The title looks very boxy if you know what I am saying it looks like you used shapes from powerpoint to make it.

Map in background dont look wintery.

It’s not bad!, i’m a beginner myself, but I prefer blender and you should too, you can easily learn the basics of how to render your avatar from Roblox to blender here: render roblox avatar to blender
and with an amazing combo with photoshop you can make an impressive thumbnail!.

I mean, everyone starts from somewhere.

This is something a lot of people don’t want to see. Asymmetry.
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I don’t know if you already know this but… tutorials exist? He can easily search up a tutorial on YouTube and learn how to do it in Blender.

It’s certainly not bad! But it’s not too great either. I’d give it a 5/10.

I would suggest using blender for the character! I also suggest for the


sign to be more matching with the background. Perhaps an orange feeling since the color palette of the background is orange-yellow like! Perhaps add some effects like a drop shadow on the person, give it the same lighting that the background has, and change the snow texture!

I made it on a school laptop because I was bored and on the laptops you cant really download 3rd party software because of whatever safety stuff they put on, but ill use paint.net on my pc at home

I have no wintery maps to use at the moment :pensive:

No need to go so harsh I just started making game icons :no_mouth:

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By definition there’s no difference.
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Ok and? Why does it matter?

I wonder why…

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I’m not sure what devforum you’re posting on, but this one isn’t a place where you just criticize and make fun of someone’s work, especially if they’re new. Go touch some grass.

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Explain how I was “making fun” of it.

I was pointing out the issues with it

KEYWORD: BEGINNER. DO NOT DISCOURAGE.
The way you presented your comment was quite honestly demotivating. You used words that felt like bullets, with your comment being the gun.
If I was sent that comment, I’d be demoralized to continue. You can try to apologize for harsh feedback, but it looks like you went absolutely merciless on a beginner.
Solution:
Show your feedback in a more friendly/presentable way. I can see that you were pointing out the issues, but that was easily mistaken as making fun of a person. Prevent future arguments by changing your wording. That’s all I have to say. Nobody wants a seemingly angry person harshly commenting on their work.

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To me, this implies that you’re laughing at the use of a Roblox screenshot.

I’d be laughing at this response if it wasn’t trying to cover up something incredibly harsh.

Nothing in your last reply is pointing out anything. You’re blatantly insulting this persons work.
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You state no ways how to improve this or what could be changed, this is just being completely rude and pessimistic.

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@InPhulze, you were being pretty rude there. When you said “Pretty bad.” it was pretty harsh, that’s not one way you can give feedback. You also mentioned it saying “looks awful” that also isn’t a way to give feedback.

If I were being honest, I’d give it a 8/10. He’s pretty good for a beginner, and I was no where near his level when I started making thumbnails.

YOUR RESPONSE:
0/10, rude.

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