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Thumbnail In Web Design: Examples And Best Practices

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There are numerous ways to use thumbnail in a web design to make it really be prominent, especially on the Blog Articles, Design Galleries, SideBars, and Footers or in the Comments as an Avatar.

Some of the examples below we’ve together the best looking thumbnail designs and compiled them all into a massive list for you guys.

FanCast

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ItsArtist

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ClearLeft

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ICODesign

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Nomint

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Refresh

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MuchLove

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HeaderFooter/

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ClipStampFold

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BottledSky

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Booreiland

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Ideo

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Designsensory

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Livefront

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Blind

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BainbridgeStudios

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Method

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Happilycreate

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Jasonsantamaria

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Espiratecnologias

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VisualBoxSite

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Designshard

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OutlawDesignBlog

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Abduzeedo

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WebDesignLedger

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SeoDesignSolutions

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DesignSnack

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Custom Tshirts

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CSSEnvy

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PatternTap

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CardObserver

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Smashing Magazine

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Tutorial9

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FuelYourCreativity

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24Ways

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ThinkDesignBlog

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NetTuts

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TagSociety

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CSSRemix

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InstantShift

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  1. Patternhead
    April 30th, 2009

    Great post, thanks for sharing :)

    Patternhead’s last blog post..Free Twitter Backgrounds – Hi-Res Grungy Set 1


  2. Marla
    April 30th, 2009

    The perspective on these makes them hard to evaluate. If these are such good implementations, why did you feel the need to distort them?


  3. SE7EN
    April 30th, 2009

    lol when I clicked to read this post I didn’t expect to see my avatar at the very end, surprised surprised XD


  4. Design-notes
    May 1st, 2009

    nice post, I use thumbnail on my site too!

    Design-notes’s last blog post..19 fresh text effect tutorials


  5. UK Web Hosting Dude
    May 3rd, 2009

    Thanks for this contribution. I will pass this link to my newsletter subscribers.


  6. cssah
    May 5th, 2009

    nice work,thankssssssssssss

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  7. Paul J
    May 5th, 2009

    I see the examples, but where’s the discussion on best practices?

  8. can be useful this article:

    AJAX Photo Gallery Round-Up

    http://www.webair.it/blog/2009/04/20/ajax-photo-gallery-round-up/


  9. Fubiz
    May 7th, 2009

  10. Ant Hodges
    May 7th, 2009

    Great post thanks – Visit our site to help kill of IE6 so that things like total CSS standards, PNG’s etc will work for all this.


  11. Pablo
    May 7th, 2009

    I guess thumbnails has become a new artform :D These are brilliant. Thanks for the post.


  12. Brian Meagher
    May 7th, 2009

    I agree with Paul J – Other than showcasing “pretty” designs and what can be done with thumbnails, what’s the point of this post? Where the tips, discussion, resources?


  13. Ui Designer
    May 9th, 2009

    Awesome post I love the inspiration

    Ui Designer’s last blog post..Logo Design In The Treasure Coast


  14. Kimberly Beaven
    May 26th, 2009

    Some absolutely wonderful thumbnails designs and inspiration here – nice work.


  15. Horia Dragomir
    June 3rd, 2009

    And thanks to this post, I know what I’m going to do with my portfolio listing.

    Thanks!

    Horia Dragomir’s last blog post..Petty Gender


  16. mS. 211
    June 3rd, 2009

    inspiring


  17. web design usa
    July 10th, 2009

    inspiring list of designing
    .-= web design usa´s last blog ..3D Architectural Visualization Services California USA =-.

  18. Excellent post. Thanks for sharing it.


  19. web design best practices
    August 31st, 2009

    Good website design gives good traffic to the site. Thanks for the share . I will really bookmark this.


  20. Social Media Application
    December 2nd, 2009

    Thanks for this contribution. I will pass this link to my newsletter subscribers.


  21. Facebook Application Developer
    December 14th, 2009

    Thanks for sharing this example and best practices related to thumbnail in web design :)


  22. Kai Lo
    January 24th, 2010

    I think the ClearLeft ones look the best. Very nice design.

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