Your Capstone Project: Combined Creativity

You've completed 7 clusters. You know how to work with AI alone. Now: your final project. You combine everything you've learned into something of your own.

The Moment: You're No Longer a User. You're a Director.

In L01 you made your first combined project — text + image, relatively simple.

In L02 you reflected on why combining is hard.

In L03 you learned the theory — when combining works, when it has limits.

Now: The Real Thing.

This project is not "another exercise." It's your personal answer to the question: What do I want to create with AI as my toolkit?

Before you were:

• User of text AI (K01)
• Curator of music (K02)
• Generator of images (K03)
• Video editor (K04)
• Structurer (K05)
• Animator (K06)
• Game designer (K07)

Now you become:

• Director of all these media together.

That's the shift. Not "I use text AI" anymore, but "I conduct 3 different art forms toward my vision."

Your Options: Three Project Scenarios

You need a project that combines at least 2 different media and is significantly larger than the L01 project.

Here are three suggested options. Choose one — or invent your own.

Option 1: The Illustrated Children's Book (Text + Images)

Scope: 3–5 pages, 400–800 words total

What you need:

• A children's story (ages 3–8) — simple, with a clear moral
• 3–5 illustrations (one per page or per scene)
• A clear cover with title

Process:

1. Write a short story with text AI. Theme: A simple truth children understand (e.g., about friendship, courage, curiosity).
2. Divide the story into 4–5 scenes.
3. For each scene: Generate an illustration with image AI. Your prompt must be specific enough so all images match (same character styles, same color palette).
4. Layout: Write the text so it perfectly complements the image (not competing).
5. Cover: Generate a cover image that grabs attention.

Why harder than L01:

• L01 was 1 poem + 1 image
• Here: 5 images must be consistent — same style, same characters, same world
• This requires real coordination, not just luck

The Learning Goal:

• You realize consistency across multiple images is the biggest work
• You experiment with prompts to maintain styles
• You understand: "The human is the consistency manager"

Option 2: The Podcast Teaser (Text + Music + Visual)

Scope: 60–90 seconds of audio + cover art + text description

What you need:

• A podcast concept (topic, what it's about)
• Written script (150–200 words)
• Background music or soundscape (2–3 minutes)
• Cover design (image for Spotify/Apple Podcasts)
• Description for podcast app (150 words)

Process:

1. Write a teaser copy for your podcast with text AI. What's the concept? Who should listen? What's the hook?
2. Generate matching background music with music AI. It should match the mood of the teaser.
3. Generate cover art with image AI. The design must match the text + music.
4. Write the podcast description (longer version of the teaser).

Why harder than L01:

• Here you combine 3 media: word, sound, image
• They all must match the same mood — but mood is subjective
• This requires that you are clear about what "mood" you want

The Learning Goal:

• You realize mood is the binding element, not individual content
• You learn that music is emotionally strongest — it sets the tone for everything
• You practice coordinating more abstract concepts (feeling, energy) across media

Option 3: The Social Media Campaign (Text + Images + optionally: Video/Music)

Scope: 3 coordinated posts

What you need:

• A product, idea, or message you want to promote
• 3 different posts that share the same message but look different
• Each post has: text (copy) + image + optional element (video snippet, GIF, music)
• A "brand guideline" (1–2 sentences) that holds all 3 posts together

Process:

1. Define your message clearly (e.g., "This product helps introverted people").
2. Write 3 different text prompts for this message (each for a different audience: professionals, parents, young adults).
3. Generate the 3 texts with text AI.
4. For each text: Generate a different image with image AI that fits.
5. Optional: Generate a short video snippet or music component.
6. Write a "brand guideline" (how all these posts connect).

Why harder than L01:

• Here you need multiplication with consistency
• 3 posts should look different but sound the same
• This isn't artwork — this is marketing thinking

The Learning Goal:

• You practice pouring the same message into different forms
• You learn: A strong message transcends media
• You understand: Branding is coordination, not creativity

Create Your Own Project

Or: You have your own idea? Wonderful. As long as your project meets:

• At least 2 different media combined
• Significantly larger than the L01 project (not 1+1, but 3–5 components)
• A clear vision: You know what your project is for, who it speaks to
• Iteration: You don't make one image and stop. You iterate until tone and style fit.

Examples of Possible Projects

• An illustrated essay (text + 5–8 images + possibly music elements)
• A music video concept (music + visual concepts + text storyboard)
• A visual storytelling project (image series tells a story + written commentary)
• A brand identity kit (logo + color palette + slogan + example application)
• A multimedia art piece (image + text + music + video, mixed into artwork)

The Submission: What You Document

You document not just the final product, but also your process:

1. Your Vision (100–150 words): What did you want to make? Who should see it? Why?

2. Your Prompts (in full in German): Show your prompts — for text, images, music. Not shortened. So others see how you communicated with AIs.

3. Your Iterations (3–5 screenshots): Don't show just the first result. Show how you experimented. "First image version was too bright, second version fits better."

4. Your Final Product: Text, images, video, PDF — whatever your project is.

5. Your Reflection (150–200 words): What was hard? Where didn't the media fit together? If you did it again, what would you do differently?

The Final Thought

At the start of this module (K01-L01) you wrote a blind text prompt. You didn't know how it works. You just tried.

Now: You don't just know how text AI works. You also know how music AI works, image AI, video AI, presentation AI, animation, game thinking.

And most importantly: You know that none of these AIs alone is the point. The point is that you bring them together toward your vision.

"AI provides the instruments. You write the score."

That was always the goal of this module. Not to make you an AI expert. But to make you a creative director who works with AI tools.

Congratulate yourself. You're no longer a user. You're a creator.

Now show the world what you can do.