Fall 2025
Check out work from these students at the Media School at Indiana University Bloomington:
Maguffin Shoes
September 23, 2025
Van Thlan
For this project, I took heavy inspiration from popular shoe brands like Nike, Sketchers, and Adidas. I looked at what sort of posts they made for their new shoe collections and decided to follow the same formula. First, I created a gradient background. Then, I found a adobe stock photo of a shoe, selected the
Maguffin Shoes
September 23, 2025
Natalia Nelson
I went for a “these shoes will make your kid the star athlete of their middle school soccer team” vibe.
Bless this Mess
September 18, 2025
Annabella Rizzo
I went for a home/cozy vibe with the thumbnail and used a cursive text.
The Dark Knight
September 18, 2025
Annabella Rizzo
I created my friend as the Dark Knight. She is the night.
Not so sour, sour dough thumbnail
September 18, 2025
Joseph Franklin
For this thumbnail I had a specific goal in mind of grabbing attention (and hopefully holding). I used components that I typically find myself looking at on YouTube and combined them with elements from the other YouTube channel’s thumbnails. Using big red text and an arrow was one of the ways I found videos grabbing
Bless this Mess
September 18, 2025
Riley Laferriere
For this assignment, I created eye-catching, classy Youtube Thumbnails which would get clicks from viewers looking to try out cooking. I looked at the reference channels she sent and noticed the use of their name in the corner and faces in the thumbnail — so I incorporated both. I found photos of her food online
Oven Blessed Salmon Mess
September 18, 2025
Jordan Shane
Fading and gradient practice. Learning how to perpetually fade one picture into another was the point. The pictures side by side along the gray in the back already had a homey feel, but the side by side fade should give off a more modern feel. Focusing on Melissa’s smiling facial expression was also intentional, as
How to make: Spanish rice in rice cooker
September 18, 2025
Preston Koontz
For this assignment I took large inspiration from the YouTube account Bon Appétit and decided to make a thumbnail for her most recent video. I did not use any AI for this assignment.