Fenwatch Big Year Birding Thumbnails
Three 1280x720 YouTube thumbnails on a desaturated sage grey marsh with a misty treeline, water ripples and cattail reed line art, each led by one detailed ink bird silhouette (grey heron, kingfisher, short-eared owl) with a tight white cut-out outline and a big Familjen Grotesk counter badge such as 247/300 in burnt orange, ice blue or chartreuse. Calm, documentary and neo-minimal, organised as a locked series where the season accent, bird and two-word hook change while the Instrument Serif italic episode label and counter position stay fixed.
What's inside
- Pages: 3 pages
- Size: YouTube thumbnail, 1280 × 720 px
- Full resolution export: 1280 × 720 px
- Fonts: Familjen Grotesk and Instrument Serif
- Layers: 16 text layers and 228 shapes
Colour palette
- #979e93
- #4f574e
- #c4c8be
- #1e2320
- #59605a
- #ffffff
Good for
- YouTube thumbnail for a birding or Big Year vlog
- Wildlife and nature documentary episode cover
- Podcast episode art for a nature show
- Progress or milestone tracker post for a challenge series
- Blog post hero for a bird sighting report
- Instagram or X post announcing a new species tick
How to make it yours
- Start with the largest text, the "Species count" layer set in Familjen Grotesk, and swap in your own words.
- Then rewrite "Target" (Familjen Grotesk) with your details.
- There are no photos to replace, the design is built from type and shapes.
- Change the background from #c7cbc1 to your own colour, then recolour the accents in #979e93 and #4f574e.
- 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
youtube, birding, wildlife, nature, series, silhouette, counter, neo-minimal, documentary
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