how to insert graphic image into a "leave" pattern which i've made from a sphere ?

Hi everyone,


I have a "leave" pattern which i created from a sphere. Depending on the diameter of the sphere, the bigger the diameter the more "leaves" there is.

So for example, i have a diameter 1 meter of Sphere which i've cut into 8 equal "leave" pattern and i would like to insert a graphic image (Tiff file) or a vector-ed graphic image into these 8

equal "leave" pattern. I'll attach the "leave" pattern and the image i'm talking about.

Any idea how to do this? The tricky part would be the sharp tip corner on top and bottom and whereby the image would be distorted and have to align perfectly from "leave" 1 to 2 and so on.

Also, keeping in mind that a sphere, like a ball is curvy in nature which makes it harder for the image to align perfectly.


Please help me to solve this problem.


Thank you so much before.