Jay

My 3 year Behance dry streak ends today. Here's a showcase of some of the work I haven't really posted, along with breakdowns, explanations etc. Hope this makes up for my lack of activity :) behance.net/gallery/129931…

@PokeTeeJay Damn I love this

Dock your Switch 2 in style with the Pokopia Switch Dock! It is just a decorative piece, your entire original dock just sits in the back as shown in the photo ✨ #Pokemon #Pokopia #3DPrinting

@SamJonesArt Nice work man :)

Recent thumbnails for QuarterJade!

@MathewRhyze @Censor Damn I remember watching this haha, so cool man

10 years ago today… The video that changed my entire life came out. I’m incredibly grateful for @Censor for making this video with me & allowing me to share my story. It is so insane that this moment was a decade ago!

I’m building an even bigger team to work with some of the biggest streamers in the world. Editors, thumbnail designers, strategists, creatives — I need the best. If you’re serious, fill out the form below

@theJosephBlaze @tylerfleisch Is that even possible lol. I present to you a 4k image of uncompressed noise: 21.9mb

@tylerfleisch How does one even manage to get a 48MB 4K export like they show in this promo video 😂 What file sizes are you usually working with?

A 50MB limit for thumbnails is hilarious. Who is this for?! People exporting photos straight out of a NASA telescope? 😭 Compression these days is good enough to make high quality 4K images under few MBs. 5–10MB would’ve been MORE than enough.

@AlexNaivety Ya I folded and bought one just for this game basically haha

@JayGDesign I'm sad I own a switch 1. I want that game lmao

top 10 games of all time board games included

@JPainter_ Oh I just saw this haha, congrats man 🙏

Huge milestone tonight, I fell in love with making YouTube videos when I was just 11 years old, I dreamed of one day becoming a YouTuber and over a 7 year period I made hundreds of videos with no luck So I decided I wasn’t good enough on camera or charismatic enough for anyone to care and I gave up on that dream For the 10 years that followed I got to semi-live out my original dream by working for other YouTubers and I had a lot of fun learning a lot along the way But I found myself aged 27 no closer to my original goal and that’s when I decided I need to go for this now or I’ll regret it for the rest of my life Tonight, just 9 videos later… this happened, it feels like 15+ years of ups and downs, every time I tried and failed, every time I convinced myself I wasn’t good enough are all starting to become worth it Everyone that knows me personally will know I’m one of the most YouTube obsessed people you’ll ever meet and finally it feels like we might actually make it

@wono_strategy Ok so I'm not going crazy

People on X generating posts with LLMs, then manually adding typos or edit to full lowercase thinking it covers their tracks is hilarious

@dvdaltizer For that price!? So worth it

Instead of buying a new MacBook, I bought something I have been needing to do for years. Honestly, pretty sure this is a better investment.

@designbykashyap I believe so haha, I'll have a look for it when I'm home

@JayGDesign Even your first one as well???

I've kept every single PSD I've ever worked on so one day I can sit my grandkids down round the fireplace and show them what the days were like before ai existed

@AceClicks You never know when you might need to go back into one in the future I only remember needing to once and I couldn't find it

@JayGDesign Haha,I also believe keeping psd preserved is a good habit

@SamJonesArt Haha love this

Really enjoyed making the thumbnail for Peanut's 24/7 YouTube channel 🥜

@mihapng Nice man would love to see that

@JayGDesign That looks too clean I really like how lightweight it is compared to full case studies. I’m actually working on my site right now and might implement something like this, thanks

If you're thinking of hiring a thumbnail designer and are impressed with the creators they've worked with, I'd always recommend inquiring about the extent of the work. I've seen some people do a trial thumb and use that to put the creator in the bio. Or sometimes just lying lol

@mihapng I've always thought case studies is the best way to showcase work. But for a basic thumbnail gallery even something simple like this I think goes a long way

Direction and scope matter a lot. Sometimes a designer is executing something heavily directed or making small tweaks, other times they’re given full freedom over the idea and strategy, and those situations lean on different strengths like execution vs ideation. Without that context, credits can be misleading, short breakdown of what was guided vs owned would tell you way more and help people judge fit for their team. Wish more designers shared small, occasional case studies

@vencreation @BFordLancer Smashed it

21 matches. 21 days. 21 thumbnails. ⚽️ Recently worked on @BFordLancer’s latest series. Had a lot of fun bringing this one to life.

@trenthaire I did wonder what the alternative would be for the other professions 😂

@JayGDesign My favorites are the artists and editors who take full credit in portfolios for doing color grading without specifying

@AlexNaivety Oh yeah you can't really tell anything from a portfolio at face value. Were they hired by the creator? If so did they come up with the concept? Is the concept a rip off from another creator? Is it a practice thumbnail?

@JayGDesign As someone who hires thumbnail artists: NEVER assume the people in their thumbnails hire them. I’ve seen almost identical thumbnails from different designers and I’m pretty sure there’s some class going around that asks them to make their version of a specific thumb.