Deep Field Astronomy News Thumbnails
Three 1280x720 YouTube thumbnails on a near-black navy star field, each with one large illustrated subject on the right (a sand-toned ringed planet, a pale teal ice giant crossed by amber orbit ellipses, an interstellar comet with cream dust and cyan ion tails) and a huge warm-cream Sora headline on the left, either a glowing number or a two-word question, with an amber Instrument Serif italic hook and a locked Deep Field episode mark top left. The tone is calm, cinematic and curious, organised as a strict series where only the object, the headline and the episode number change.
What's inside
- Pages: 3 pages
- Size: YouTube thumbnail, 1280 × 720 px
- Full resolution export: 1280 × 720 px
- Fonts: Sora and Instrument Serif
- Layers: 16 text layers and 337 shapes
- Effects: blur, masking and glow
Colour palette
- #eaf0ff
- #ffb547
- #05060b
- #c9ae84
- #e8d3ae
- #a88b66
Good for
- space news YouTube thumbnails
- astronomy explainer video covers
- science podcast episode art
- planetarium event promo tiles
- physics lesson video covers
- science newsletter header images
- documentary chapter title cards
How to make it yours
- Start with the largest text, the "Hero number" layer set in Sora, and swap in your own words.
- Then rewrite "Hook line" (Instrument Serif) and "Show name" (Sora) with your details.
- There are no photos to replace, the design is built from type and shapes.
- Change the background from #05060b to your own colour, then recolour the accents in #eaf0ff and #ffb547.
- Keep the 3 pages you need, duplicate the ones you want more of and delete the rest.
- Export a PNG to post, or a PDF if you need one.
About thumbnail templates
Bold 16:9 thumbnails for videos and podcasts, made to win the click in a crowded feed.
Tags
astronomy, space, thumbnail, youtube, planet, comet, science, dark, stars, series
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