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The Children of Lir is an Irish Mythology which tells the story of King Lir and his four sons and daughters that were changed into magical swans by their evil step mother Aoife.
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Alexandra Soranescu
Alexandra Soranescu is a Visual Design Specialist and an Illustrator with a Bachelors in Visual Communications, Honours Degree from Ireland. Alexandra discovered her passion for art and design at an early age when she found her mother’s colourful anatomy books and her older sister’s Hans Christina Anderson storybooks. During her childhood, Alexandra’s favourite story book was Pinocchio, and the illustrations depicted within played a pivotal role in the development of her unique drawing style. Later in college Alexandra further progressed her illustration techniques to involve ink wash and black pen lines done by hand.
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