YouTube thumbnail. Reference 1 is ONLY the layout guide (outdoor basketball court at night, chain-link fence, the three guys and where they stand). Reference 2 is the character and style guide: draw the same bald big-headed cartoon guy in the same polished stylized 3D cartoon render. Character: bald round big head, huge expressive glossy eyes, slight dark eye bags, dark navy hoodie. Scene: split by color — on the left edge, a smartphone lies face-down on the dark ground with its cold violet glow dying out behind him; in the center the hero has turned his back to it and smiles, finally free, bumping fists with his friend; his two friends — one in a red cap and a mustard hoodie, one in a blue beanie and a teal hoodie — grin and welcome him back, one holding an orange basketball. Warm golden streetlights, glowing city windows behind the fence, warm vs cold contrast. Headline at the top in huge bubbly rounded ultra-bold white letters with a soft drop shadow: "PICK REAL." — exactly this text, no other text anywhere.
