... and have it display in both edrawings and/or saving as .ai?

I need to apply an image (which is actually the product label graphic) to the face of a part and have it display in the edrawings assembly output and/or when I save it out as a .ai document.

Currently, I have tried applying the image to the texture of the part as a .tiff and as a .bmp. When saving the edrawing out or saving to a .ai file, I get a grey color on the face instead. Any help is appreciated. I am a beginner user of solidworks and only use it to produce graphics of created assemblies for my technical documentation.