# Expertly Colored Children Artworks These Dad-Colored Kid Drawings are Amazing and Heartwarming By Meghan Young | Published 2013-12-02 | Life-Stages Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dadcolored-kid-drawings References: [visualnews](http://www.visualnews.com/2013/11/30/cool-dad-colors-kids-drawings-business-trips/) & [reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1ri9im/just_coloring_my_kids_drawings_nothing_fancy/) Children's artworks are something only parents tend to brag about, but that has all changed thanks to these dad-colored kid drawings. A Redditor under the alias Tatsputin has shared some of his collaborated artworks in which he expertly enhanced the illustrations of his children. Working only within the lines of their drawings, he fleshed them out with [pencil crayons](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/woset) to make them look like characters in an upcoming Tim Burton movie. The dad-colored kid drawings are so impressive, filmmakers might be inspired to do such exercises for inspiration. Each one was created when the father travels out of town for work, which happens 10 days out of a month. Each time, his [children give him their drawings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kid-art-show) so that he can color them on the plane. The results are super endearing. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.2/10 - Popularity: 95% | Activity: 82% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Gen Alpha, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Life-Stages](https://www.trendhunter.com/life-stages) > [Youth](https://www.trendhunter.com/youth) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Parent-enhanced Children's Artworks:** Parents enhancing their children's drawings with their own artistic skills could lead to a new trend in personalized artwork and creative collaborations. - **Innovative Parenting Activities:** Parents finding creative ways to bond with their children, such as enhancing their drawings, opens up opportunities for disruptive innovation in the parenting industry. - **Creative Expression for Children:** Children expressing their creativity through drawings, and having their parents enhance them, highlights the potential for innovative art platforms or products catering specifically to young artists. ### Where This Applies - **Art and Craft Supplies:** The trend of parents enhancing their children's drawings with pencils crayons could create a demand for high-quality art and craft supplies suitable for young artists. - **Children's Entertainment and Media:** The popularity of dad-colored kid drawings could inspire the development of new forms of children's entertainment, such as animated shows or books featuring artwork collaborations between parents and children. - **Parenting and Family Services:** The concept of parents enhancing their children's drawings presents an opportunity for parenting and family service providers to offer workshops or online courses on creative activities that strengthen parent-child relationships. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Transformative AI Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drawings-alive.md) - [Customizable Kids Wall Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/doodleface.md) - [Child-Friendly AI Doodles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/childs-doodles.md) - [Kid-Friendly Digital Coloring](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paletteplayart.md) - [Personalized AI Coloring Pages](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/happy-pages-ai.md) - [AI Kids Coloring Pages](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/SPLAT-1.md) - [AI Kid's Coloring Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/colorcraft-ai.md) - [Kids Drawing Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kids-coloring-drawing-book-app.md) - [Reverse Coloring Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/reverse-coloring-book.md)