Make your dad a card he’ll actually keep this Father’s Day

A shop-bought Father’s Day card is forty near-identical jokes about golf, beer and fishing, for a dad who maybe does none of them. You can make a better one in about ten minutes.

Put your actual dad on the front: his face, his likeness, in whatever scene you describe, daft or heartfelt. Nothing on a shop shelf comes close to that.

Upload a photo, tell AIPrinter what you want, and it draws the image, prints it on a real card, and posts it to his door.

Upload a photo and things get interesting

You don’t have to use a reference photo, but if you do, the results go from good to genuinely memorable. A face-forward shot in decent light works best. The AI will use your dad’s likeness in whatever scene you describe.

Here are some ideas that actually land.

For the dad who explains roundabouts like he invented them:

“Using this photo of my dad, illustrate him as a stern professor at a whiteboard covered in diagrams, pointing to a complex flowchart that just says ‘INDICATE THEN GO’. Realistic but slightly absurd.”

For the dad whose DIY confidence consistently outpaces his DIY ability:

“Using this photo, draw my dad as a heroic action movie character standing proudly in front of a shelf he put up, which is visibly at a 15-degree angle. He looks thrilled. Everything on the shelf is slowly sliding off.”

For the dad who says he’s “not asleep, just resting his eyes”:

“Using this photo, create a dramatic Renaissance oil painting of my dad asleep in his armchair. Grand, formal, the kind of thing you’d see in the National Portrait Gallery. Title at the bottom: ‘Man With Remote, 3:40pm’.”

For the dad who responds to every text three days later:

“Illustrate my dad as a medieval herald on horseback, dramatically delivering a rolled scroll. The scroll reads: ‘OK sounds good’. Style it like an illuminated manuscript.”

For the one that’ll actually make him emotional:

“Illustrate my dad and me [doing a specific thing: fishing, watching a match, in the kitchen]. Use this photo for his likeness. Warm and nostalgic, like a vintage print. The kind of thing you’d frame.”

That last one consistently lands harder than any joke card would.

Getting the prompt right

The most common mistake is being too vague. “Make something funny” gives you something generic. The more specific you are, the more it looks made for him, because it was.

Tell the AI the art style you want. Watercolour, oil painting, flat illustration, vintage poster, comic book each produces something completely different from the same scene. If you’re not sure, ask the AI to suggest a style based on the mood you’re going for.

Put in the details that matter. Does he always wear a specific colour? Has he got a beard? Is there a dog that should be in it? Name them. And if the first result isn’t quite right, just say what needs changing. You’re in a conversation, use it like one.

Ordering the card

Once you’ve got an image you’re happy with, pick your product: greeting card, postcard, or sticker. Add your message inside, give your delivery address, and pay. We print it on proper card stock with a white envelope and post it across the UK, usually in 2–3 working days.

The whole thing happens right here at aiprinter.io. Describe, preview, and order in one place. No account needed to design, and no subscription.

Father’s Day is Sunday 15th June. Order by Wednesday 11th June to be safe.