Unless your parent is a gourmet chef or bento box master, school lunch is usually nothing to write home about.For artist and father Dominick Cabalo, however, his son Nicholass lunches are a canvas for creativity.Cabalo, who lives in Southern California, makes elaborate illustrations on each of 12-year-old Nicholass paper lunch bags, usually depicting popular animated characters and colorful superheroes. Throwback lunch bags, just because the Justice League trailer was released today. (Yes, I know GL is not in the movie, but I haven't done an Aquaman yet) #LunchBagArt #JusticeLeague #dccomics #superman #wonderwoman #flash #batman #greenlantern #aquaman #cyborg #sketch #disposableart #brownpaperbag #comics #art #drawing #SDCC #SDCC2016 A photo posted by DomNX - Artist (@domnx_art) on Jul 23, 2016 at 3:01pm PDT Cabalo began drawing on the bags about three years ago to help Nicholas make new friends in elementary school.I noticed he was a bit shy when it came to talking to others, he told The Huffington Post. So by creating a piece of artwork to break the ice, kids would come up to him and start talking and hopefully a conversation, or better yet, a new friendship, would start.Though Nicholas is in middle school now, he still asks his dad to draw on the lunch bags, and will make requests for characters or drawings that hed like to see on the next bag.Some of the illustrations have timely significance, such as an entire month of creepy characters to celebrate Halloween in October or this beautiful Princess Leia portrait Cabalo created in memory of Carrie Fisher. We all saw the news yesterday. A galaxy far, far away lost their princess, and a bit of my childhood went with her. #RIPcarriefisher #LunchBagArt #PrincessLeia #starwars #carriefisher #instaart #art #illustration #sketch #artistsoninstagram #disposableart #brownpaperbag #brownbagart #drawing A photo posted by DomNX - Artist (@domnx_art) on Dec 28, 2016 at 1:42pm PST Cabalo has drawn about 400 lunch bags in the past 3 years. He explained on Imgur this weekthis week that the bags have really helped his son become more confident at school.Hes broken out of his shell because of this, and I like to think that I had a hand in helping him do this with these bags, he wrote.Nicholas keeps most of the bags (at least those that make it home from lunch unsoiled). Some come back in better condition than others, Cabalo wrote on Imgur. We may lose one to the occasional soggy sandwich or leaky drink, but thats to be expected.As for the bags that make it home intact, Cabalo posts their photos toInstagram. His favorites, he tells HuffPost, are the more time-consuming series of bags that can be joined up to create a larger image, such as the Finding Nemo triptych below.Scroll through some of this incredible dads work below and visit his Instagram here. "Seafood Combo Platter" ...and here's the completed lunch bag triptych. #LunchBagArt #Dory #findingDory #FindingNemo #nemo #coloredpencil on #brownpaperbag #art #instaart #fish #bluetang #instaartist #drawing #sketch #artist #snackbag #snackbagart #pixar #illustration #summerschool #summerfun #triptych #artbelive A photo posted by DomNX - Artist (@domnx_art) on Jun 21, 2016 at 10:31am PDT "Patriot Panini" I think this must be my third Captain America this year by request. #PatriotDay #lunchbagart #captainamerica #patriotday2015 #marvel #redwhiteandblue #flag #america #avengers #brownbagart #disposableArt A photo posted by DomNX - Artist (@domnx_art) on Sep 11, 2015 at 5:47am PDT "Berserker Burrito" More X-Men lunch bags, this time with one who is the best at what he does #NoQuarterAskedNoneGiven #LunchBagArt #XMen #Wolverine #instaart #art #illustration #artistsoninstagram #disposableart #browpaperbag #brownbagart #xmenapocalypse #marvel A photo posted by DomNX - Artist (@domnx_art) on May 27, 2016 at 3:35pm PDT "Three layered Up-side down Cake" Here's a triptych of the last three lunch bags assembled. #LunchBagArt #drawing #brownbagart #markers #coloredpencils on #brownpaperbag #disposableArt #instaart #instaartist #Pixar #Up #Disney #mrfredricksen #Russell #Dug #Kevin #triptych A photo posted by DomNX - Artist (@domnx_art) on Apr 21, 2016 at 5:11pm PDT "BiBimBap BB8". The road to the Force Awakens starts here. #LunchBagArt #brownpaperbag #brownbagart #disposableArt #copicmarkers #copic #coloredpencils #sketch #illustration #StarWars #theforceawakens #bb8 #droid A photo posted by DomNX - Artist (@domnx_art) on Dec 7, 2015 at 5:06am PST "Lemon Leonardo" and "Raphael Ragout" #teenagemutantninjaturtles #lunchbagart #copic #copicmarkers #coloredpencils on #brownpaperbag #brownbagart #TMNT #turtle A photo posted by DomNX - Artist (@domnx_art) on Sep 15, 2015 at 2:56pm PDT "Char Siu Bowser" #lunchbagart #coloredpencils on #brownpaperbag #brownbagart #mario #nintendo #bowser #disposableArt A photo posted by DomNX - Artist (@domnx_art) on Aug 28, 2015 at 8:02am PDT -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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