The Mirror of Paint

[@LeeChesnalavage]

I’m glad you found a way of interpreting the idea of a mirror without it being a literal mirror. There’s also something really creepy about an object being covered up because there’s so much temptation to peak under the covers.

[@m00nhwz]

It's really cool to watch the world of The Nest Egg come alive in each video. I am in love with your character designs and world building!

[@lilysillustration]

Thank you! The development for it has got a long way to go, but I love sharing little progress videos like this!🙌✨

[@Fidget-Finch2]

when we voted for a mirror this was not what I was expecting but I am not disappointed in the slightest, well done

[@lilysillustration]

Thank you!✨✨

[@lilysillustration]

Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for the support on the previous video- I’ve been looking forward to sharing another one. This one was inspired by my item prompt poll, in which mirror won so it was interesting to come up with a unique item based on this theme. I got a lot of inspiration for this one from the Flatline episode of Doctor Who!🙌 I’ve still have a lot of world building I need to develop and solidify, but making these videos are a great way for me to experiment, practise and see what I need to improve on!🙌✨

[@PocketKanin]

the short stories are a wonderful way to explore the world you’re making 🤍 they give you areas of the world you might not have thought about before during basic world-building 😊 Super cool! Love the videos!!!

[@motive-li1do]

DR WHO I didn't know you were based like that......

[@konijnebeer]

Flatline was a good episode, gave me the chills

[@lilysillustration]

@@konijnebeer honestly it was such a scary episode for me, but I loved the concept!🙌✨

[@robhardingpoetry]

@@lilysillustration I adore Flatline. I think it got a lot of stick at the time if I remember but to me it sits alongside Arrival as a piece of science fiction about communication with a truly alien lifeform. It's not necessarily a monster to defeat, it's just so unknowable in its intentions. What does it want? Does it even have wants? Can we attempt to comprehend it or is the best we can hope for to never come into contact with it again? As whimsical as this mirror painting may appear and the story around it, it begs all those same unsettling questions. And your art work is as stunning as ever.

[@no_s1eep]

I love how expressive is the daughter!! you really can show her personality with just one drawing ❤

[@lilysillustration]

Haha thanks! I love working on character expressions!✨

[@whateverimtired1578]

I love the exploration of the artifacts placed in the nest egg. A chessboard possessed by a demon, a paint that made a cursed canvas, its a really cool concept. Can i have a sugestion? The chessboard needeed touch, the paint needeed sigh... Maybe a artifact that need smell or to be eaten? Or that need a especific time to activate? (Also sorry for my bad inglesh, not my first language)

[@87crowhat54]

Maybe the artifact that needs smell could be a perfume Or cheese

[@Fritz_lewis]

The worldbuilding is amazing!

[@nache1085]

This series makes me think of The Magnus Archives with the way you tell the stories of each entry, but also makes me think of Witch Hat Atelier with your art style and the whimsy of the world. It’s truly a unique idea and I LOVE getting to see how you expand on it and develop it❤️

[@lilysillustration]

Thank you! I’ve just read Witch Har Atelier recently and absolutely loved it!🙌✨✨

[@konijnebeer]

My theory with the information that it has insperation from flatline is that the dad's consciousness or atleast part of it is trapped inside the painting, since we can't see the painting and it can't make sound he might be inside of it in torture, no idea what will be left of him if the painting will be alone inside a vault for such a long time. But that's a just theory :D I loved the story, I like the mysery of these!

[@crystalite-thecritic9396]

This one seems a lot more mysterious and ominous than the ones before, but still intriguing, the fathers state, the Powder and it's contamination, where the mirror shards are- and what it is from, the painting and what it truly contains. Can't wait to hear more about this specific one

[@moonflower_0]

The more stories you share, the more I wonder about The Nest Egg world. Beautiful as always!!!

[@lilysillustration]

Thank you!!🙌✨

[@elipsis7651]

Oooh, this sort makes the Nest Egg feel like a kind of SCP Foundation, even though i never really got those vibes from the beginning. It looks like they do more than just hold onto things

[@CBusschaert]

the most compelling SCP entry i've been brought to read or see.

[@amberfrazier5586]

I hope someday this whole project becomes its own art book. This be would such a beautiful addition to my collection ❤

[@lilysillustration]

Thank you! Definitely would love to make an artbook one day!✨✨

[@gragraboomicespice]

Ugh you have done it again girl! You ate this up and the art is stunningggg

[@lordmosnar1884]

Fantastic lore! Beautiful artwork and story! When you mentioned there being shards of mirror in the pigment powder, it reminded me of something… an old fairy tale… Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen”, which went on to inspire Disney’s Frozen, started with neither snow, nor queens. It started with a cursed mirror. Essentially, a bunch of demons got together and crafted a magic mirror that would twist your reflection- you would only see your worst traits reflected in it, and your best traits minimized. Then they had the idea to fly up to Heaven, and point the mirror at the all-powerful, perfect God, and see what He reflected. But they were easily rebuffed from Heaven when they tried this. Furthermore, the mirror was shattered into a million tiny pieces… and those pieces scattered over the world… If you got a piece stuck in your eye, you were unable to see the good in anything. But if a piece got stuck in your heart, you would never feel anything good again… …That’s just the prologue to the fairy tale, setting up the conflict for the protagonists. But it got me thinking: what if that merchant was a demon, or a warlock of demons, trying to spread around more cursed mirror shards, in a subtler way… In a way where, without knowing it, a painter would create a new mirror- one which the demons could use as a door to the surface world… If you’ve made it this far, thanks for humoring my little ramble of a fan fiction! I’m excited to see what other artifacts the Nest Egg has in store!!

[@DragonBoi3789]

Im sorry, a magic SCP Foundation? Sign me up!

[@jay_dots3084]

But fr, your art is so amazing and inspiring to me :)))

[@Magpie_Thistle]

I really really love this series! It’s such a fun concept and imaginative experiment to think of magical items that might need storing or be contained. It inspires me and makes me stretch my imagination!

[@lilysillustration]

Thank you!!✨

[@kennaillustrations559]

I absolutely love this project and the style of it all! Do you, by chance, have a video or page discussing your process for brush/texture selection? Do you have a video discussing your favorite brushes to use on Procreate? If so, that would be so cool!

[@disgruntledbob2812]

The open ended mystery to these items are an immaculate added touch, love ya work, grand worldbuilding o7

[@Vit-Pokorny]

This feels like the SCP foundation but D&D

[@harshitadas1435]

Oh my goshhh, I love this so much. I love your style of writing. You are as great a storyteller as you are an artist, and I could listen to the stories you come up with in the world which you have created forever. It is beautiful

[@dianasaurstudio]

I like that there's a "film noir" meets fantasy style in this series. All these cursed items seem like there's a lot of people with malevolent intent creating such powerful and devious tools, like bombs set to go off at random when activated by an unsuspecting user. It seems like there's an underworld of assassins and targets who become victims, which is sort of spooky due to all the unknown factors involved. Who ground up a mirror with the paint dust? Was the mirror paint intended to steal the soul of the painter? All the questions this poses keep viewers at the edge of their seats.

[@spam-el3ee]

Ohhhhh I LOVE the comic textures in the greyscale work! But the iridescent colors are so pretty too... I can't choose a favorite! ♥︎

[@ojodeoro1106]

I really like the narration concept art combo of this videos

[@kwardart]

Absolutely love your world building and the detail work in each drawing!

[@ReidClayson]

This is so amazing!! I love the art and the story and the way it all fits together! Every time I watch a Nest Egg video it makes my day

[@Olga9815]

aaaaaAAAAAHHHHHHH! I LOVE these videos so much! Please never change!!

[@rfak7696]

I fell almost like a fantasy SPC Foundation entry. Really cool, keep up the nice work.

[@SaffronicSaffron]

This is so cool, love the story, great work.❤🎉

[@GrinPaint]

This was so fun to watch and the story was on point

[@justinsmith5870]

Was expecting a character design session rather than more lore but I love a good art related story so no disappointment here.

[@mr.signman5099]

THE EGG AS A THICCNER YOU ARE A REAL ONE PLUS AMAZING DRAWINGSSSSS

[@isNotSeb]

This is the first time that I stumbled upon your video, I did not expect the format, I'm just loving your art style and your narrating

[@aidiotthatcandraw]

I am genuenly looking forward every time u post about the nest egg stuff 😭

[@jay_dots3084]

I LOVE THE NEST EGG If theres 100 nest egg fans im one of them if theres 10 nest egg fans I'm one of them If theres 1 nest egg fan, that one fan is me If theres no Nest egg fans, I'm no longer alive If everyone on earth hates the nest egg, I'm not on earth

[@taperecorder6110]

You said just calling the nest egg is the most straight forward way to get in contact, but what about the others? Do you turn of the lights and say nest egg 3 times in the mirror, or maybe use a crystal ball shaped like an egg? I MUST KNOW

[@ilovejoltik9017]

love the lil' comic strip, and all the deatails :). ❤

[@lemonlordminecraft]

Curious... so does the Nest Egg act as a sort of authority on dangerous magic items as well as a security/containment/protection company? The fact that they would put resources towards tracking down possible other victims that are not the paying customer would certainly be strange for a classic business so are they a sort of presiding, governmental organisation or are they bound by specific ethical creeds or something else entirely? Suppose we'll see.

[@danielsebastianmejiahoffma800]

This is so cool!!! I love it!

[@aaishaismail5717]

You have a lovely voice and art!! Such a wonderful gift❤️ I got this video recommended and clicked through a feeling of “this art style is familiar, and even if it isn’t, it’s intriguing ” which hasn’t happened with a video in a while for me And I come and realized I’ve seen you before and was even subscribed! And I’m glad I am😁 you have lovely work, and the next time I can sit to watch some videos I shall remember to come check what I’ve been missing out on since I last saw your amazing work

[@lilysillustration]

Thank you!!✨✨

[@raduand3]

GENIOUS! GORGEOUS! SUPER!...uhh,...Wonderful!... I ran out of words...

[@SillyandgoofyAnim8or]

I think you should do something related to Medusa and that mythology, cuz I think it's cool.

[@margareeta1369]

If you want something to be really shiny and reflective, make the darks very dark and the lights very light

[@TheEpicArtist-jo2pj]

So creative and interesting! Love this series!

[@Cruzing_Snoozing]

This is so coooool!!! I can't wait to see what you make next!

[@lubran7416]

im IN LOVE with ur storyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@motive-li1do]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA I WAS JUST REWATCHING YOUR VIDS FOR SOME INSPO YESTERDAY MANIFESTING ASF!!!!!!

[@princessthyemis]

THIS IDEA IS FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

[@konijnebeer]

Will We ever get a Discord, Like The Eternal ruins and Gold & Bones? Would be fun to interact with other fans! :D

[@lilysillustration]

Potentially! I have a bit of client work at the moment which takes up a lot of my free time, and i would rather wait until after it’s completed so I can give the Discord my full attention!🙌✨

[@2tbk]

My eyes have been pleased!

[@anyelydraws]

Me encanta todo lo que estas haciendo, amo los personajes y la historia que se va mastranto poco a poco de ellos. ¡Sigue con ese increíble trabajo! 💖💖💖

[@tizianomoretti7677]

Beautiful

[@vukasinbekcic820]

This is Peak world building

[@GrinPaint]

12 out of 10

[@projohn18]

This reminds of f the SCP foundation but egg themed and with beautiful art

[@fazara7273]

Love your worldbuilding!

[@yukikosan5468]

I soo in love with the mixte of med-fan and SCP

[@locochavo4560]

Cool concept!

[@lilysillustration]

🙌✨🙌

[@albertduarte9022]

the story is amazing

[@masonthebesttoeverdoitsmith]

this is soo COOOOOL AAHHHH

[@l30nalceda38]

The SCP esque vibe i get from thos is amazing Keep it up❤❤😊

[@Whenpigfly666]

Woah, for all accounts the artists are "NPC"s, but I absolutely adore their character designs ! The Nest Egg probably ought to get the rest of the powder from the apprentice though, before it starts turning into a soul-sucking mirror on it's own...

[@pyeitme508]

OMG WOW!

[@no_s1eep]

I love TNE so so so so so muchh ❤❤

[@misxa6344]

❤❤❤❤

[@GrinPaint]

10/10

[@craz2580]

Hmmm, yummy worldbuilding

[@mickygoldhorn4511]

Planning a heist-

[@TheDudeManWHAT]

Is the Nest Egg somewhat similar to a more fantastical and somewhat cozy SCP Foundation?

[@Adnoraph]

I get scp vibes from this

[@ackyrwh]

wow i love your world so much!!! and how u talk about it as a report aa enjoying this series so much (´∀`) (✧ᴗ✧)

[@lilysillustration]

Haha thanks!🙌✨