# Astute Icon Chromatizations Mads Madsen’s Black & White Photo Colorizing is Hyper-Realistic By Simal Yilmaz | Published 2013-01-29 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/black-and-white-photo-colorizing References: [twistedsifter](http://twistedsifter.com/2012/12/colorizing-historic-photos-gallery/) & [zuzahgaming.minus](http://zuzahgaming.minus.com/) Mads Madsen is an incredibly talented young artist who specializes in [black and white photo colorizing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/colorizy). The colorizing process is done on Photoshop and is in fact quite time-consuming. The artist’s coloring is extremely realistic and well-toned. He mentions that it takes him about 20-30 minutes to finish a portrait and a considerably longer time for group and outdoor photographs. Most of his subjects are [iconic figures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/thrilljoy-pix) such as Albert Einstein, Che Guevara and Charles Darwin, along with a significant amount of portraits of commanders from the civil war. Madsen is especially focused on civil war figures in his body of work and showcases many different [coloring effects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/colorixor) on a single picture in his portfolio to demonstrate the effects. The promising new artist’s work is even more realistic looking than the original photos. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.1/10 - Popularity: 39% | Activity: 16% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Hyper-realistic Photo Colorizing:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop automated photo colorizing software that can replicate Mads Madsen's hyper-realistic coloring process. - **Time-consuming Digital Art Techniques:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create AI-powered tools that can automate and streamline the time-consuming process of colorizing black and white photographs. - **Iconic Figures in Art:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Utilize AI and machine learning to generate photo-realistic portraits of iconic figures, expanding the possibilities of artistic representation. ### Where This Applies - **Digital Art:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop software and tools that revolutionize the process of photo colorization, making it more accessible and efficient for digital artists. - **Photography:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrate AI algorithms into photo editing software to provide users with enhanced colorization options, enabling them to achieve hyper-realistic results. - **Artificial Intelligence:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Train machine learning models to analyze and replicate an artist's coloring style, providing a new level of automation and creativity in digital art. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Photo Enhancement Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/picsify.md) - [Image-Enhancing AI Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/myheritage-1.md) - [Color Photography Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/profiles-in-color.md) - [Stylized Portrait Generators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/face-to-all.md) - [AI Photo Enhancers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/photo-enhancers.md) - [Image Stylization Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/doodlify.md) - [Photo Animation Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/revivifyai.md) - [Analog Photo Simulators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vint.md) - [Image Recoloring Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/colorixor.md)