Leonardo da Vinci

Supernova magazine

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• Littérature Sud-Africaine
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Enseignement primaire

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• Publié par: SUPERNOVAMAGAZINE
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2021
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 225 Mo

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PUZZLES| SCIENCE |NATURE| ACTIVITIES |SPORTS| COMICS

Story and artwork Maya LeMaitre

I think we’re nearly done with this poster.

It’s a seashell, Tina. From the ocean on Earth!

... like the

aquarium in the

Discovery Disctrict?

I hear it! That’s so cool!

Hey! What’s this thing on your shelf, Mimi?

The ocean, huh?

What’s it like?

Kind of... Wait-

put it to your ear.

Sometimes I miss the sea...

Does it ... turn on?

it’s big! The water is salty. It can be blue or green or grey. It’s always moving and changing.

This makes me

feel like It’s

not so far away.

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AtSupernovawe get to work with amazingly talented people. Since 2018, we’ve had the privilege of bringing you the awesome comicMimi’s Life on Mars, from the imagination and paintbrushes of South African illustrator Maya LeMaitre. We caught up with her to ask her a few questions!

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 I’m an illustrator! Illustrators use their drawing skills and creativity to create images that help to make a piece of text or an idea easier to understand. You can find illustrations everywhere – on t-shirts, the cover of a book, a poster for a concert, and in this magazine!

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I’ve always loved to draw and create stories with images. I took Visual Arts in school, and was fortunate to be able to study Fine Arts at a college in Cape Town. After I graduated, I decided to focus on illustration. Since then I’ve done a variety of work – for textbooks, children’s books, and of course, Mimi’s Life on Mars ! )PX EJE UIF JEFB GPS .JNJsT -JGF PO .BST DPNFBCPVU   Benoit and his team at Supernova were interested in including another comic in the magazine, one with a girl as the protagonist. We discussed some ideas, and decided Mars would be an interesting place to set the story. Many of us have moved somewhere new, but what would it be like to move to a dierent planet?

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general. I think about how a young person might experience Mars, while also dealing with the day-to-day issues of growing up.

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 At the moment I am working on a graphic novel (a longer story in comic book form) about Mimi’s adventures. It will be complete later this year. You can stay up to date with its progress via SN Online and my Instagram- @mayalemaitre . )PX DBO XF GJOE PVU NPSF BCPVU XIBU ZPVsSF VQUP  

You can visit my website mayalemaitre.com . If you’d like to email me, my address is [e-mail] . I’d love to hear from you, and I will write back! You or your grown-up are also welcome to follow me on Instagram .

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If you take a look at some of the most successful and inspiring people in the world, you’ll see that there is one common thread that unites them all. That common thread isfailure. If you have ever failed at reaching a goal or achieving something you set out to do, then you’ve been in the same position as some of the greatest people in history! Take Leonardo da Vinci for example. He created hundreds of failed inventions during his lifetime. But he used those failures to evaluate, reflect, and change his way of thinking, and keep working towards his goals. It is natural to strive to succeed in everything that you do, but keep in mind that each failure you encounter along the way teaches you a very valuable lesson. Failure can teach you that you are stronger than you think and redirect you to a better path. It can also show you a new perspective, cultivate a positive outlook and teach you a lot. Like Einstein said: “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new”. Sometimes, one more failure is all you need to find the key to your success.So don’t be afraid to try, fail and try again!You may justuncover something incredible.

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If you could ask an animal question one question, what would you ask?

“What do you dream about?”

Looking for more?

What superpower

would you like to have?

Teleportation! I would love to pop by any place I like at any time.

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Special thanks to our contributors: SuMia Hoffmann Nikita Abreu Caitlin Brown Jessica Terblanche Ofentse Matsemela Madelein Myburgh Junior Gcabashe Antoinette EyssellKnox Kadi Vicki Venter Andrea Vermaak Ryan Blumenthal Alexandra BothaGreen Maya LeMaitre Published every two months by: BK Publishing (PTY) LTD Reg: 2015/060893/07 P.O. Box 6314 Pretoria 0001 South Africa T: [phone] F: [phone] Printed by: Zero Plus Printers Copyright Disclaimer All work in this publication is owned by BK Publishing (pty) ltd or contributing artists/ photographers and may not in any way be reproduced without signed permission from the publisher. All credited works reflect the views of the authors and artists and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the publisher. Individual photographers and sources are credited on the pages where they appear. All uncredited photographs and illustrations are the property of BK Publishing (pty) ltd.

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Ask It Tea Time

Brain Games MindCrunching Crossword Puzzle

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