BOOK COVER - ethnicity training manual

this morning on my drawing board, some two spot illustrations for Living Magazine. get your copy of wednesday's Nation newspaper to find out what these are about:





























apart from that, am starting on a new project today, a book. it's title: 'A Training Manual on Ethnicity'. i'm working on the cover which the client needs for approval by thursday. this is the client's brief on the cover:

Manual Cover Ideas

• A jigsaw puzzle of the map of Africa (or Kenya if this manual is intended for use only locally). This is placed on a sisal / papyrus reed piece of tapestry work (perhaps a mat?), preferably the usual plain beige colour so as to give good contrast to the colourful jigsaw puzzle-map.
• Preferably the face of the map is made up of faces of different Kenyan/ African peoples representing our ethnic diversity.
• Most of the jigs (pieces of the puzzle) are assembled together, but there are obvious gaping spaces where some pieces- displaced pieces out of their slots- are scattered about at the side or on top of others etc.
• In spite of the obvious “patchwork” of the jigsaw and the missing parts, the picture should not lose the elements of colour and visual appeal that symbolise the essential beauty of our ethnicity despite the brokenness of God’s image in every ethnic group and individual.

first stop, google :) i searched for some reference material and found some for africa map, jigsaw puzzle and a mat. with these i came up with the sketch below. i will post the finished cover when i'm done.
click for a closer look: