Design Elements of Effective YouTube Thumbnails

This is the featured image for a blog post I made discussing the design elements of YouTube thumbnails. I pulled a screenshot from Eagle where I've stored a bunch of YouTube thumbnails and turned that into the background.

I used a radial gradient and a blur to help the text stand out from the background.

You can find the article for this graphic here: https://ryandejaegher.com/the-design-elements-of-effective-youtube-thumbnails/