Count of Monte Cristo Cover Art

Hallo Human: 

As a project for inDesign class I have to create a book cover featuring original artwork. The book that I received was The Count of Monte Cristo which is a pretty classic tale (so I've heard).I've never read the book but I've seen the 2002 film remake which was pretty good. 

Here's a preview of what I've done so far for the cover, its a portrait of the main character who is a Frenchman by the name of Edmond Dantes:

Dantes says: Feel free to critique me