Sixty Second Stoic Shorts Covers
Three 1080x1920 vertical Shorts covers on a charcoal ground with a soft radial lift, each centred on a cream single-line drawing of a curly-haired classical bust on a socle, a bronze laurel divider of two mirrored branches, a two-line Gloock maxim in warm cream (Memento mori, Amor fati, Begin again) and a small bronze Inter Tight series mark, with every element kept clear of the top and bottom 15 percent. The tone is calm, literary and museum-like, organised as a fixed series where only the maxim changes.
What's inside
- Pages: 3 pages
- Size: Instagram story, 1080 × 1920 px
- Full resolution export: 1080 × 1920 px
- Fonts: Gloock and Inter Tight
- Layers: 8 text layers and 332 shapes
Colour palette
- #ede6d8
- #c79a4b
- #16181d
Good for
- YouTube Shorts covers for philosophy channels
- Instagram Reels and TikTok covers
- quote of the day stories
- book club or reading list story posts
- classics lecture promo stories
- mindfulness podcast vertical teasers
- museum or gallery event stories
How to make it yours
- Start with the largest text, the "Title" layer set in Gloock, and swap in your own words.
- Then rewrite "Series mark" (Inter Tight) with your details.
- There are no photos to replace, the design is built from type and shapes.
- Change the background from #16181d to your own colour, then recolour the accents in #ede6d8 and #c79a4b.
- 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
stoic, philosophy, shorts, vertical, quote, classical bust, laurel, line art, dark, serif
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