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Good Friends, Bad Friends — Ebook Covers for The Boys' Mentorship Programme
The Boys' Mentorship Programme is a Uganda-based, Christian mentorship organisation "building a generation of true men". It runs camps and mentorship that build responsibility, discipline, integrity and leadership in boys.
I designed a set of three ebook covers for Good Friends, Bad Friends, part of their Brotherhood Character Series by Mr Godfrey Kuteesa, President of the programme. The book helps boys recognise the difference between friends who build them up and friends who lead them astray.
Each cover is written for a different age group (7–9, 10–14 and 15–19 years), so the illustrations show the choices boys actually face at that age:
7–9 years: studying together versus fighting
10–14 years: books and football versus games and distractions
15–19 years: a friend offering alcohol and cigarettes versus one offering support
The alcohol and cigarettes illustration for the 15 to 19 age group is a direct and necessary response to the risks boys face at that stage. It grounds the abstract concept of integrity in a real, high stakes decision that many of them encounter in their daily lives.
Thank you, I really appreciate you noticing that. For the 15–19 edition, I wanted the illustration to feel real rather than abstract. At that age the pressure around alcohol and smoking is very present, so showing that moment of choice makes the message of integrity hit home....
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