how to design a trashy mystery thriller book cover

An unserious, sarcastic tutorial on how to do what the title says. The cover will make you go scooby dooby do. Where are you?!
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✶ VIDEO DETAILS ✶
CAMERA
↪ Canon 650D
VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE
↪ Sony Vegas Pro 14
FONTS (most commonly used)
↪ Americana
↪ Comic Sans
↪ Ariel
THUMBNAIL
↪ Photoshop cs6
SONGS
↪ Procrastination - Kenny Segal

[@laviedevia1306]

King Jon Un in a fedora is something I wasn’t expecting when I clicked on this video lmao

[@itsdivyag]

You can tell he is a Fedora man

[@hsmacaraig]

Me too.

[@surbhikhandelwal5553]

Your fake covers are 10x better than Some of them actual covers!! The G stands for Goddamn talented!!😍

[@itsdivyag]

Tysmmm

[@tessavery2151]

"The type your mom would buy at the airport.."😂😂😂

[@INeedYouToBreathe]

Why is EVERY novel a number 1 new york times bestseller? It doesn't even mean enything anymore

[@itsdivyag]

Exactly it's like the words I love you

[@mad-hq4cz]

@@itsdivyag divya!! you know im scared of emos!! 😦😦

[@itsdivyag]

@@mad-hq4cz PAHAHA 3 YEARS on. i have thankfully found more comfort in showing some love

[@dumbwhre7834]

@@itsdivyag Plzzz this was 3 years ago😭This is why I love you.

[@TPNsBiggestFan]

@@itsdivyag 3 years later still uhm *replying* and going strong too i guess

[@jc3687]

You transform a dictator into a detective 😂😂😂I am dead

[@itsdivyag]

So is he

[@pyro-millie5533]

The Dick-tective XD

[@sammerlammer3808]

It's only a matter of time until you make a 'how to design a self-published Kindle werewolf bdsm erotica cover' video and then you'll be done forever

[@itsdivyag]

How did you have access to my video ideas word document

[@shakirashipslied9721]

B u t what about Twilight but better because it's made by Divya?

[@seratreacts]

the fact that you're listening disney songs while making a mystery thriller book cover is the reason why i'm so in love with your videos ahha

[@itsdivyag]

Disney forever boy

[@myonnareads]

i’m the mom buying mystery novels from the airport

[@itsdivyag]

Queen of supporting authors

[@scrantonrogueofthesilvertr9031]

Same

[@heruel8693]

do a generic middle school novel with the ever so fresh concept of the popular clique b u l l y i n g the white mc (hot pink, lockers, villanious blond girl in a crop top smirking, etc.)

[@itsdivyag]

Ty for that video idea

[@gatsbyvalentine]

U call yourself generic but ur honestly one of the most unique booktubers ive seen :D

[@itsdivyag]

Babes tysm

[@vickyvale711]

The title is so vague, i love it

[@Aminangela]

creative name I’m so old I guess.... this is also the title of a very famous sci-fi movie

[@enciclopedic4]

@@Aminangela I thought it was some kind of reference

[@Aminangela]

Monyque Targino I thought so at first, but she didn’t mention it and liked this comment so :/ idk

[@eommaeottoke9966]

"So subtle yet so powerful" - publishers Weekly on The Thing

[@corinasarge9968]

Guys this is just Divya's subtle advertising for her new autobiography "The Thing." That's right, Divya, you couldn't hide it from us forever.

[@itsdivyag]

Shhh

[@shakirashipslied9721]

So Divya Was "The Thing"!?

[@TPNsBiggestFan]

@@itsdivyag king jon un better be the protagonist divya edit: why did kim autocorrect to king

[@alaa-7731]

Why does Kim Jong Un looks like he’s going to heaven before you changed the colors? 😂

[@itsdivyag]

God is checking the guest list and he wasn't invited.

[@shelbyleegraham2097]

What does the g stand for? Graphic design expert

[@itsdivyag]

I wish

[@exclamation.]

I'm angry at how perfect this is.

[@afro-ditii-muzic747]

Why do your book covers always look so professional. Teach me your ways, fam

[@itsdivyag]

If mine look professional that says something about the book covers...

[@afro-ditii-muzic747]

itsdivya omggg, the queen replied. Also, 27/5 roast

[@mooncalf222]

The Thing: A gripping tale about the thing from the place that does the thing.

[@itsdivyag]

Write my blurbs for me

[@NopMonster]

Graphic design is my p a s s i o n

[@itsdivyag]

truly

[@jeywithane130]

no but seriously (like beneath all those jokes) youre so good at photoshop? like i know youre probably putting in too much effort for a joke as well as too little effort to make it look better than the shitty covers that actually exist out there but?? so good??? every time im just like ???? how

[@itsdivyag]

Ding ding ding correct

[@DrinkingByMyShelf]

this is hilarious but also your photoshop skilllzzzzz are amazing

[@itsdivyag]

Tyyy I love your icon

[@jaysailsthesea]

There’s a part of me that hopes somebody will actually ask to use this as the cover of their book without watching the entire video first... so that only we will know the true identity of the guy in the fedora.

[@itsdivyag]

They better credit me

[@nitzans]

You're super talented! You could probably freelance making covers for self-published books for some side cash during university

[@itsdivyag]

Good idea

[@salamalmahi541]

True

[@Northychen]

The g stands for: girl oh my god it's behind you ! Run ! RUN!

[@laviedevia1306]

Your editing is the best omgg

[@itsdivyag]

Tyyy

[@dorkchops]

"trashy" yet you make a absolute masterpiece every time

[@itsdivyag]

aaaaaa

[@suprajasridh]

The puns of *DEATH* coz I'm ded Sorry I'll leave now

[@itsdivyag]

Never leave

[@4evarwithU]

puns *in death*

[@Gayu4567]

You should be a book cover artist no joke

[@NatNatey]

"you reached the end of the video" she says 5 minutes into a 7 minute video

[@itsdivyag]

Time is a social construct

[@NatNatey]

Not according to youtube, it aint

[@rumaysahshafi9949]

Omg I can't believe you actually used Kim Jong Un, that's hilarious 😂

[@suprajasridh]

The last time I was this early, Divya was doing book reviews and was a potato

[@itsdivyag]

Last time you were this early I had a brain

[@BortVoldemort]

Not a #1 New York Times Bestseller? I'm not buying that.

[@absolutelyreads]

THE BRAIDS SO CUTE!!!!!!!!

[@itsdivyag]

Tyyyy

[@youraverageintrovert2196]

Well I know who to hire to design my book cover if i ever decide to publish

[@e443productions9]

“You can’t go wrong with a little sprinkle of death” made me literally laugh out loud

[@itsdivyag]

dash of blood

[@naomimarch9272]

This is actually an amazing design

[@itsdivyag]

Ty amazing comment

[@peach_moon]

If I ever write a book for some reason can you design the cover

[@itsdivyag]

Yes I need a job

[@andre150167]

Uuuu, whats about?

[@merc5333]

@@andre150167 Maybe it's about *death*!

[@heelstevenmaggle5615]

"You're all alone in your room..." Yeah. What's new?

[@itsdivyag]

Big mood

[@rivka8576]

I *died* when you made Kim Jong Un the shadowy figure 😂

[@INeedYouToBreathe]

After watching million interviews with Benedict Cumberbatch I come here to watch something else and you show him as well. Whyyyy? :CC

[@itsdivyag]

He is transcendent

[@Rubbish1313]

Hey, it's Divya G! What does the G stand for? *G E N E R I C*

[@itsdivyag]

Ding dong u r right

[@seriouslythisisjust]

bUT WHAT DOES THE G STAND FOR

[@itsdivyag]

Grime

[@elsagranquist9755]

right as you said “the type your mom would buy” those lee child books came up, which i’ve seen my mom read so many times djcjdjkdjckf

[@yerlyncartagena1308]

It's almost 4am and i'm laughing so hard

[@khanhlinhphan845]

Yerlyn Nathaly it's almost 4 p.m in my place :))

[@itsdivyag]

Aaaa🤧

[@katarzynajarosz1222]

Should have called it "The Death" smh

[@itsdivyag]

W h y

[@synflwr]

Sounds like a high school band

[@cheesegremlin2880]

this is god tier content i lov you

[@itsdivyag]

Babe tysm

[@harleen5375]

This is the quality content I live for! You should do sci-fi next. :)

[@booktales1687]

This is why you are my favorite KZbinr

[@itsdivyag]

Am I really aaaa tysm

[@Wordless06]

The music change was gold.

[@soapy6]

we love a genuinely talented and remarkably skilled shister

[@notalessia]

KIM JONG UN OPPA TAKE ME

[@clarenicke8653]

I KNEW I SUBBED FOR A ReASON THIS WAS ALL HILARIoUS I lost it at Kim Jong Un and then the Stephen King line I had to stop the video to not choke on my apple

[@itsdivyag]

healthy!

[@dragonyxaa4495]

Every time you do this I see the picture with the book cover and think it's real. Good job!

[@amimibap]

Legend

[@maketsy8544]

Holy crap. There's literally a thriller novel laying on my bed next to me and I glanced at it...IT LITERALLY HAS THE EXACT SAME COLOUR SCHEME, A SILHOUETTE AND A GLOWY LENSE FLARE. You're amazing, gurl.

[@ZZ-jv1dw]

Please don't ever stop this series, never fails to make me laugh

[@gurturnur3711]

THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE LMAAOOOO

[@inioluwaadeboye9923]

Who else feels like divya should start actually making covers for people? Her covers are so good!

[@coainc]

okay so i literally saw the thumbnail and thought that that was an actual book cover. yeah

[@e.christopherclark7367]

LOL at “Or the string of a tampon… because it’s about to get bloody.”

[@justlurking7886]

Hi it’s THE LOVE OF MY LIFE BACK at it again with the KOALA-TEA content

[@Khudeee]

Your editing skills just keep getting better and better!!!

[@itsdivyag]

Tysm

[@JoTheRubberDucky]

gurl i would buy this just for the cover omg

[@КсенияП-ъ8с]

I’m always fascinated by how accurate these are!😂

[@teresaneves8839]

“What’s behind the door? The toilet? The minion? The dead ex wife who knew too much? NARNIA??” Either one of these things would make a better plot than most of the mystery thrillers out there have 🤭

[@jamesharvey5530]

*New York times best selling novel n-n-number one*

[@mirandahazel1703]

That High school musical playlist is everything😂We stan a queen with good taste.

[@vishakhasingh3540]

Everybody is sayinh how they love your editing , but i am so obsessed with your voice ! Its intoxicating

[@itsdivyag]

Thank you so much I'm glad you like the video

[@paulinecrisostomo1171]

that thumbnail is everything

[@NatNatey]

divya's videos are the only ones i dont hesitate to stop everything i'm doing for. if i get a notif, you better believe im dropping all the shit i gotta do

[@itsdivyag]

This is so nice b

[@liv2741]

those photoshop skills thoughhhh

[@no-yo8hj]

What a good video to wake up to

[@salamalmahi541]

I can't get over how good you actually are!

[@itsdivyag]

Aaa ty

[@myramalik3599]

KE SIGNIFICA HE you have me DYING

[@riiserisse5863]

SHE LIVES!

[@leah2799]

the g stands for grimes and Elon forever

[@mirandahazel1703]

I got a Maisie Peters stay young advert before this. Two queens in one day. xx

[@DiboraBinebeb]

The background music is really selling it 😂😂👏🏼👏🏼

[@emmajeema]

you actually used Kim Jon Un on your thriller books cover, i knew there was a reason i watched you

[@kayleyhodson7079]

That Butterscotch Crumplecake joke sorta made my day. You are endlessly entertaining

[@itsdivyag]

💛🤧oof sis

[@rennydanston6507]

THE LIGHTINGGG YES GOD

[@gabrielladee2840]

omg you are so funny like I watch your videos when I'm sad and I'm instantly happy again thankyouu for making these videos

[@sometimes_aria]

I loved this! What designing platform did you use?

[@itsdivyag]

photoshop!

[@escorpea]

oh my god legit i have a mystery thriller book witha cover looks pretty identical to this one. Like even the color pallette and everything looks pretty much the same im-

[@itsdivyag]

W h I ch one sis spill

[@mehmeh2255]

"But if you really need something evil lurking in the dark... -Kim Jong Un." that was far funnier than it should have been

[@anna-yo2hp]

SHE LIVES. im emotional DHDJDJJRJ

[@itsdivyag]

Yes bet y'all thought you had seen the last of me

[@nenadzubovic3441]

New videos from you cure my depression.

[@TommyTiberi]

I stan this cover omf

[@lilyslibrary7757]

i didn't know i needed this until i saw it

[@theravenreader1152]

is it okay to memorise every line of your videos because you're just so original 💙💙💙🐸 ahhh slay my life queen

[@mosespray4510]

Your Photoshop skills are off the scale! And you always make me laugh. Thanks, Divya.

[@syahznni]

Your editing skills is amazingg

[@kristoffer2250]

So accurate it hurts

[@shenvalla]

i work at a second hand bookshop and we're doing a "summer of thrillers" thing trying to sell all of our thriller books and far too much of the shop has been taken over by this type of book

[@Mila-lp9xs]

iconic series

[@archanadanappa6868]

I'm on a binge watch why are all these high key so good i'mcrynkbye

[@Rajaas_Reading_Corner]

Am calling you,if I ever write a book.

[@Rajaas_Reading_Corner]

Thank you divyag.

[@gracetindle9286]

I’v just watched a few of your videos and I’m INLOVE you’re creative, talented and actually hilarious oml. Subscribed!!! 😄😊

[@itsdivyag]

Thank you so much!

[@Sarah-nr5rm]

New Fav thriller cover

[@meilirima9597]

From the title alone I was hoping for a Bendydick Cumandsnack joke, I am not disappointed.

[@itsdivyag]

🌛💛

[@samh3396]

that “is that a pigeon” meme was me when i was twelve ecksdee lol