Meet Dill Toma. He shares his experiences as an expert thumbnail designer and YouTube strategist and how beginner thumbnail designers can get their first client and grow.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Introduction

0:30 - How he came up with the thumbnail for an 18-million-view video

2:11 - The next step after he comes up with the concept

3:21 - How he makes thumbnail elements realistic

4:49 - How long it takes to make realistic thumbnails and are they worth it?

6:54 - What are some other tools he uses to create thumbnails

8:40 - How he creates different thumbnail styles

11:15 - What his process is like working with MrWhoseTheBoss

12:22 - How long it takes to make this type of thumbnail

12:35 - How many thumbnails he does per week

13:03 - How he lands his clients and what the progression of it looked like

15:05 - His thought process behind Michelle Curry’s thumbnail

24:30 - How long this thumbnail took him

25:56 - Whether 8 hours is too long to spend on designing a thumbnail

26:51 - How much he makes per year as a full-time thumbnail designer

27:32 - How much he charged per thumbnail when he first started compared to now

29:00 - How an aspiring designer can stand out and kickstart their career

31:15 - How starting in the gaming niche has affected his approach to designing thumbnails

32:00 - His three tips for making better thumbnails

37:27 - The thumbnail change that led to a 19-million-view video

40:56 - He reviews our thumbnails

43:40 - His favourite thumbnail on YouTube

43:59 - Who he thinks has the best thumbnails on YouTube

44:17 - Who he thinks has the most underrated thumbnails on YouTube

44:36 - One thing he has learned recently that has helped him create better thumbnails

45:28 - The one YouTuber he would invest in

47:44 - What his dream is