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Miraculous thumbnails (opinions welcome!)
🕑 Added 2024-04-29 20:27:08 +0000 UTCHey! I've got some more Miraculous videos coming your way, and I'd love some feedback on the thumbnails, because there are SO MANY great fan artists out there!
[I am currently finishing up some Buffy content - "Jealous vampire crap" will be finished and posted to Youtube soon, as well as Crossovers 5, and a bonus Angel & Spike video of the two of them bickering in season 5.... And then there will be Spuffy part 5, but that one will take a bit longer because I'd like to include the comic story!]
Ok, back to Miraculous. Like I said, lots of great fan art! I am working on putting together a "love square" collage for each video that I post (for each season - I already have season 1). Let me know if you have any favorites, suggestions on which images should be together, as well as the seasons they best fit with. I've had a lot of fun searching through tumblr, etc and finding all these gems and getting to know some of my favorite artists! I try to include credit wherever possible, but there may be a couple I couldn't find the artist info for. I also ran into a problem of not a whole lot of "Ladrien" art, so when I am trying to put together a love square collage, it's an extra challenge to find one that fits visually and within the dynamic of a particular season.
1. The above image is a collection of different artists, and I was going for a season 2 vibe, since each of these moments actually happen in season 2, with the exception of Ladrien, which I just enjoyed the color/visual balance and it's such a sweet image. I do actually have a season 2 Ladrien image (next) but the style is very different, and it fits best within its own single artist collage. Artist credits [Adrienette: danismilek, Ladynoir: nopperaa, Marichat: luciand29, Ladrien: buggachat]
2. LC Holy
LC-Holy is a very talented comic writer and artist, and I love her work! Again, this Ladrien moment happens in season 2 (Style Queen), but this collage may be suited for season 3, since the Adrienette moment on the plane is very recognizable from the New York special.
3. Re:U (re-unknown on tumblr)
Love love love this art, but not sure where it fits, and not crazy about the full-on Ladynoir kissing vibe... But this art is so unique and great, and how can I not include it somewhere?
4. Ann_e7s
One of my top 2 favorite artists! It's so hard to pick between all the art she's done - that top Ladynoir one is my absolute favorite (but I think I'll use it alone for my Ladynoir video, rather than the love square videos) and I love how she's captured the emotion on those two white background pics, it's perfect love square energy, and I just love Marichat swinging thru the city, it's absolutely precious! The problem is there's no Ladrien...
But I've got another one that's more "love square-y" and this includes the only Ladrien art she has:
She did a full "square" with the red and green backgrounds, but I just love the white ones so much! And don't want to repeat the red and green. There's so many more great pieces by this artist. Go check her out on tumblr (anne7s) or instagram (ann_e7s)
5. DaniSmileK
Also in my top 2 favorite artists. Love love love this art! She also did the Adrienette bracelet one in the first picture. But unfortunately she does not have a single Ladrien piece, so I've got a few variations...
This one still doesn't have Ladrien, but it's kinda fun with the two kiss scenes from season 5 (both by danismilek), and then some more abstract art from other artists for Ladynoir and Adrienette. [bottom right: sahasim, and I don't know the artist for the top left image but I love it so much!]
This is not my favorite collage overall, but it was kinda fun to put together a kiss for each part of the square. I love this Ladrien "spidey kiss" (by baraschino) but it does not fit with the rest unfortunately. And that Ladynoir kiss just makes me feel sad! (so beautifully done tho)
And finally this is the same as the first one, but instead of a repeat Adrienette, there's this little love triangle-y moment of Adrien crushing on Marinette while she crushes on Cat Noir (pointedly season 5, love square reversal). Still no Ladrien, but these are all by danismilek. Love her! Check her out on instagram (dani_smilek) or tumblr (danismilek)
6. Another collage of different artists:
We have danismilek (Adrienette) and anne7s (Marichat) again, and I don't know who did that beautiful starry night Ladynoir, but it makes me happy. And this Ladrien one is just so cute! It's by kotilokiki.
Bonus: A couple more collages of LC-Holy, just for fun :)
They're a bit busy for thumbnails, but this came about because I wanted to use that Ladrien picture above, and it doesn't work in landscape.
Extra: Just a few more thrown together that I love that didn't fit anywhere so far...
[top left: ariadusts, top right: alempe, bottom left: anne7s, bottom right: ceejles/ceejurs]
[top left: lc-holy, top right: Eli??? I only have a signature, but I love this one! bottom left: baraschino, bottom right: terriblenerd]
Finally: I just wanted to also include my top picks for the individual thumbnails I want to use for other videos (ex: a Ladynoir video would be all the Ladynoir scenes from all 5 seasons, instead of including all love square clips from one season)
When I made this I realized it also looks really nice together, so it could also work as a love square thumbnail... [Adrienette: coney, Ladynoir: anne7s, Marichat: ceejles, Ladrien: sweet-childhood-dreams]
Side note, "ceejles" pops up a few times in there. That's the artist I used in the season 1 thumbnail, and I've found them in several places, so I just wanted to highlight those. "CJ Joaquin" can be found as "ceejurs" on instagram and twitter, and "ceejles" on tumblr.
Ok, there you have it! There is SO MUCH more great art, I could just go on and on, and I really wanted to share all of these (and more!) but I can only have one thumbnail per video, so if you have any input I would love to hear it! The thumbnails I need are for seasons 2-5, ideally showing one image of each of the 4 parts of the love square, but they also need to look cohesive, somewhat embody the vibe of how the different relationships are going in that season (which doesn't really shift that much until season 5, but there are some other nuances like specific scenes), and I also would love to showcase some of my favorite artists as a unit. So that becomes problematic when I can't do all of those things at the same time. There's only 4 videos that I need thumbnails for, 3 artists stand out as my favorites (anne7s, danismilek, lc-holy), all of which have a unique style that doesn't necessarily mix well with others, plus re:u is a nice set that already has all 4 parts, and I also love the top collage for season 2... So that's already too many thumbnails, but I don't know what to leave out, and I also can't figure out a good option for danismilek + ladrien, that's honestly what's annoying me the most right now, lol...
There's also these that are SO CUTE, I just love everything that danismilek does, it's amazing...
Ok, that's all.
