Adarsh A SDesigner · Videographer · EditorTrivandrum, IN

Hi, I'm Adarsh. I design, shoot and edit thumbnails, posters, reels and films that win the first second, and deserve the ones that follow.

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  • 2+ yrsof experience
  • Design · Shoot · Editstart to finish
  • AI-assistedClaude · ChatGPT
Adarsh A S standing in front of a flowering vine Hi, I'm Adarsh ✦ Trivandrum, Kerala

SC 02About me

Engineer by degree.
Designer by choice.

I studied Computer Science and fell for design along the way. The engineer in me never left.

So I treat a layout like a system: every element has a job, and anything without one gets deleted. That is how I approach a thumbnail, a poster, or a three-minute edit.

Today I design and edit full-time at Score Academy, and work freelance with creators and local brands.

Now
Designer & editor, Score Academy
Freelance
Since 2022
Design
Photoshop · InDesign · Lightroom
Video
Shooting · Premiere Pro · After Effects
AI
Claude · ChatGPT

The journey so far

My career, laid out the way I see everything: on a timeline.

SC 03Why it matters

Every feed is a fight for the same thumb. Each post gets one blink to earn a second look. I design for that blink.

SC 04YouTube thumbnails

The click

A thumbnail is a promise made in half a second. One face, one idea, and words you can read at the size of a stamp.

SC 05Shorts & Reels

The swipe

In vertical video the thumb is already moving. The first frame has to do the talking.

SC 06Posters & flyers

The message

For academies, salons, gyms and tuition centres. One glance, one takeaway, no second explanation.

SC 07Book covers

The shelf

Study-book covers for Score Academy, designed to be the one picked out of the pile. Hover or tap to turn one.

SC 08Videography & production

The shoot

I don't only edit footage, I shoot it. Planning, camera, light and sound, so nothing gets lost between the set and the timeline.

Studio shoot: presenter at a desk, framed for a course launch film
Vertical shoot: presenter framed for a reel
  1. 01

    Plan

    Script, shot list and setup, agreed before the camera comes out.

  2. 02

    Light & frame

    Composition and lighting that flatter the subject and suit the brand.

  3. 03

    Record

    Clean picture and clean sound, in landscape and vertical.

  4. 04

    Into the edit

    I cut what I shoot, so every take was filmed with the edit in mind.

SC 09Video edits

The cut

Course launches, title sequences and explainers. Cut for pace, graded for mood, titled to be remembered.

SC 10How I work

Human taste.
Machine speed.

AI is built into my process. Claude and ChatGPT take the slow parts, so my hours go into the part you actually see.

  1. 01

    Brief

    Who is it for, and what is the one thing it must say?

    YouMe
  2. 02 ✦ AI

    Think

    Research, hooks, scripts and copy options in minutes, not afternoons.

    ClaudeChatGPT
  3. 03

    Design

    Layout, type, colour and retouching. Decided by eye, built by hand.

    PsIdLr
  4. 04

    Shoot & cut

    Camera, light and sound on set. Then the edit, grade and titles.

    CameraPrAe
  5. 05

    Deliver

    Exported right for where it lives: a feed, a print shop, a 4K timeline.

    On time
step 02 — think

prompt › Give me 10 thumbnail hooks for a course launch. Four words max.

→ Ten options in seconds. I keep one, bin nine, and the real work starts.

AI handles

  • Research & references
  • First-draft scripts and copy
  • Variations to test
  • Repetitive, slow tasks

I handle

  • The idea
  • The taste
  • Every pixel and every cut
  • The final call

SC 11End card

YOU stopped.

That was the whole idea. If you want your audience to do the same, tell me what you're making.