Original sentence: Lee Myung-ae ( is a South Korean picture book author and illustrator
Edited sentence: 10 Seconds is a story about extinct animals, symbolized by a waterglobe in which the human and natural world can switch places in an instant.After graduation, she worked as a game character designer, and developed an interest in picture books while taking time off after giving birth.Currently, she maintains a small studio in Seoul, and regularly holds classes for children.Her best-known works include Plastic Island, 10 Seconds, Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day, Vacation, and Flower.Her first picture book, Plastic Island, was inspired by a documentary about plastic islands that actually exist, and depicts the gravity of plastic pollution for marine life and ecosystems.Lee Myung-ae (; born 1976) is a South Korean picture book author and illustrator.Lee Myung-ae was born in Seoul, South Korea, on 5 October 1976.Lee deals with issues we live with in her picture books.Plastic Island and 10 Seconds were rendered in ink, while Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day uses more than 20 types of materials, including pencils, colored pencils, paints, markers, and felt-tip pens.She embarked on a career as a picture book author soon afterwards.She made her debut in 2014 with an original picture book, Plastic Island.She pursues a creative style somewhere in between painting and picture book illustration, and relies on podcasts for inspiration.She studied Korean painting at university.She uses changing color schemes to convey the process of recharging at a vacation spot, which vividly convey the meaning of taking time off in our everyday lives.Since then, her style has changed significantly.The contrast between the text and images forcefully conveys the grimness of the situation.Through her works, she addresses environmental pollution, extinct animals, and the coexistence between human beings and the animal world.Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day depicts colorful moments in the lives of numerous people progressing along a yellow line, just like the unpredictable weather.Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day took 5 years to create, and Lee says it is the book she is attached to most, since it served as a catalyst for her artistic growth.Vacation, unlike her previous books, tells a story based on personal experience