carameljane

ft. America (Allen Smithold) and Brazil (Bruno Silva)

edit: dumbass forgot to put description (10/3/26)

guess what, background is literally the Bodega Dreams book cover LOL, tuff right?? no? well sowwy :(

in collab with a friend on twitter (if you wanna follow me there, user is thelocalphone)

WE are Dairoku in this case (the green tied one) /j

inspired by this: IRIS CHACÓN "Muchacho Barrigón" (im a fan of her as a fellow latina as myself who is not a boricua/puerto rican or of puerto rican descent,,)

Muchacho barrigón
no quiere caminar
si no come chocolate
y no come pan.
Muchacho barrigón
no quiere caminar
si no come chocolate
y no come pan.

(Pan, pan) pan y chocolate, (pan, pan)hay pan y nada más
(Pan, pan) pan y chocolate, (pan pan) hay pan y nada más
(Pan, pan) pan y chocolate, (pan pan) pan y nada más.

dairoku's embarassed, not in love (this was a dare to do by the other folks lmao)

also, fun fact if anyone cares: Selene is supposed to have Iris' body type, but i just don't know how to properly show that lol

the reason i add dairoku to the mix bc i wanted to and because the 6 train primarily travels to East Harlem, home to a grand Puerto Rican community. Selene's also here because the Flushing line goes to Queens aka the most diverse place on the entire planet and parts of the 7's stations are majority Colombians, Ecuadorians, and other people of Latin American descent/are Latin American. Guess what, they also speak Spanish. and so we have 2 of them

collab with Benzkitty on Deviantart

fan art for Benzkitty on DeviantArt

ion rlly care for this but my husband

it's just a dumb doodle

my husband william carlos irizarry aka willie bodega
(READ BODEGA DREAMS NEOW!1!!)

guh (ft. Ernesto and his creation Julio "Chino" Mercado)

ace fulton aka the a train

personifies the l train

read bodega dreams,,, (grrrr /j)

anyways, this is more or so a shitpost + practice for the most part. i've been reading more into his books other than bodega dreams lately as i mentioned before. the blob versions are just if i wanna simplify.

(intended to upload on 9/11/26, but now posting on 9/12/26 at 6:52 AM)

would you trust her? (this is Imelda but more older)
(again, school project)

BASED OFF BUTCHER'S VANITY (with very chopped spanish)

yes, i am into countryhumans.

meet china (aka in her name: Caihua Zhang)

this is so old but i like it a lot
(this was for a school project so therefore... initials.)

this is Victor and Imelda, Victor has a pretty traumatic backstory as he's been constantly bullied for being emotionally sensitive and not being "a real man". imelda on the other hand is some scary ass woman who will beat the absolute shit out of you if you manage to cross her. basically, their relationship is reverse gender roles, lol

elastigirl flippy flip flop,,, (my brain is mush)

god damn, im posting so much art on my gallery today on the 11th of September (noting this for later bc i like to archive when i do things)

Right to Left:
- Ernesto Quiñonez (top right)
- Paulo Coelho (top left)
- Raina Telgemeier (middle)
- Lauren Tarshis (bottom top) (sorry if i got the hair color wrong!)
- Junot Díaz (bottom middle)
- Elizabeth Acevedo (bottom left)

more Ernesto Quiñonez related art
(read the third book of his spanish harlem trilogy,, uhh idk lol. cant say it without spoiling. some parts of it was buns)

anyways, read bodega dreams. it's tuff. and PLEASEE MAKE MORE FAN ART OF BD IF YOU'VE READ IT. I WOULD LOVEEE TO SEE IT,,