Design and print a real physical item
Design a small physical item — a sticker, bookmark, label, or business card — from AI-generated artwork you refine. Print it, compare it with the screen version, and document what the physical process changed.
Posted by The AI Internships
The work brief
- 01Design a small print piece for a real use: labels for a family business, bookmarks for your club, a visiting card for a parent.
- 02Generate artwork directions with an AI image tool, pick the one that fits the use, and refine it in Canva — AI images aren’t print-ready; you make them so.
- 03Prepare it for print: correct size in cm, margins/bleed, high resolution. Ask AI what those terms mean, then ask the print shop what they need — that conversation is part of the mission.
- 04Print it (even one copy at a local shop is fine) and compare against your screen: colours, sharpness, cut edges.
- 05Document the differences and redo the file the way you’d send it next time.
What you’ll produce
Submission standard
Submit the digital design, a photo of the printed piece in your hand/in use, and your print lessons, plus your AI workflow. Add a public Canva view-link to your print file and include a handwritten name-and-date slip beside the printed piece in your photo.
Your final digital design
Image uploadRequiredPhoto of the actual printed piece, in hand or in use
Photograph the real printed piece in your hand or in use with a handwritten slip showing your name and today's date beside it — the printed artwork must match your digital design. A screen mockup or AI render is not a print and fails.
Image uploadRequiredWhat print changed: colours, sizes, cuts — what the shop asked for, and what you’d fix in the file next time
Written responseRequired
You’ll complete these inside your private workspace.
What you must submit as proof
This brief requires evidence an AI can’t fabricate.
Public Canva view-link to your print-ready file
Canva 'Share > Anyone with the link can view'. Must open to YOUR editable print file at correct size — a dead or private link fails.
Public linkRequiredScreenshot of your OWN Canva editor showing the file set up for print (size/bleed) — account name and date visible
Show the live editor with the print dimensions/margins and your username and system date.
Image uploadRequired
Submissions without this evidence cannot be submitted.
Protect other people in your proof. Blur faces, names, phone numbers and email addresses before you upload, and refer to anyone you worked with by role or number ("Listener 1", "the stall owner"). Your proof is only ever used to check your work — it is never published, never appears on your certificate, and is never shown in your public portfolio.
How your work is evaluated
The passing benchmark is 70/100.
Actually printed
29%A real physical print exists, photographed in the real world.
Print-fit design
14%The design suits its physical size and purpose.
Print literacy
29%The lessons show real observation of screen-vs-print differences.
Really printed, first-party
29%Auto-fail if there is no dated physical print photo, if the file link is dead/private, or if the printed piece does not reconcile with the linked digital design.
How we grade your AI usage
Using AI is the point — it’s the skill this certificate proves. You’ll answer three short questions about how you used it: what you asked, what was wrong with its first answer, and what you changed. Specific, honest answers score high. “I pasted the brief and submitted the answer” scores near zero.