That time of the year is back, the Barapalooza in its third edition took place last weekend and it amaze me how fast time flys since my wallet is still hurt by the damage the second Barapalooza did it. This time tough there was activitys days before the event, like a Mario Kart tournament and a Drink and Draw and Fuck thingy where....asistants could drink alcohol, draw nude models and also have sex with other people around?? I dunno.....for me a bara convention has been always a dream but this kind of activitys were pretty outlandish for me.
I dont know how god turned out this activitys but the main event itself took place in a more fancy and expensive hotel and this time it has international guest artists as well as voice actors soo this convention is deffinetly expanding in pretty odd ways while the artists alley this time was the same size as last year.
My complaing from last time remains, there wasnt too much bara in the end since there was a mix with a lot of furry and bishounen/pretty boys and even yaoi, but they also mixed around clothing and photography. I wasnt the only one to notice since a friend of mine pointed it to me the bara content was too limited. Sadly, theres not much of a bara comunity in Mexico soo the event needs furry to be strong enough and mix all other kind of male erotica on it.
I still want a full bara event but i dont know if thats going to be ever posible given bara art is keept as a minority, tough variety helps to make the event more fun i guess and theres a lot of no-bara artists that have amazing skills and products to sell, soo i could not wish the event to took place without them.
Its a difficult idea to limit the artists to the name of the event or open it up to other styles, but still i am kinda sad some artists didnt sell too well while others (like the furrys) sould out theyr items and had a big production machinery behind. There was some artists i wish i had the chance to support but my budget was very limited thanks to Pawercon.
PRINCIPE CONEJO always have pretty cool stuff to sell, from collections of bara men cards to cereal boxes and surprise combos with keychains and other stuff soo this time i ony got a small Endeavor 2 sides Dakimakura in the size of a keychain. A normal Dakimakura take too much space soo this was perfect to me and i got an Endeavor card as well but i wish at some point i can buy his standees.
One of my main objectives was also the collection of keychains from
EDD LAYER EX , his place was my first stop because i HAD to have this keychains of Solid Snake, Chris, Ryu and Endeavo. They are big and they are perfect and this man have really good taste in men and also he draws incredible and i regret not getting some prints of his art.
DON BARA BARA is one of the very first artists i meet at Barapalooza and the one that started my keychain collection soo this time i got his Chris and Lucas Lee keychains (Lucas Lee have a nude side) and one of his Oni charms that make wish comes true of you rub on his pecs. A pretty cool design and concept and he had other very amazing keychains and comics but y budget didnt let me got them.
One of the 3 international guest artists was
BOWSERINA (and also the very first female) and she was also my main goal in this event because.....GOLIATH!!! Hey Goliath keychain is the coolest thing i ever seen and i wasnt expecting to find Gargoyles here. I even got two of this and also a Kaiman one. Her art style is soo amazing and she had soo much stuff i wanted, like plushies, and standees and a Beast keychain and really regret not getting more from her.
In Pawercon the only bara material i got was from
LANCER and this time the only furry material i got was from him: a metalic Ben Biggers print from ZZZ.
One of my favorite artists in last years is
PUMPKING WOLF , his artsyle is incrediblly stylish, sexy and cartoonis enough to be very fluid but extremellycool at the same time. He draws mostly furry but here i find some of his bara human art and i just love soo much the way he draws, and the way he paints, and his subjects and pretty much everything....i only got two prints but damn, i want every single art he does printed like this.
In this convention i actually meet in person someone very special called
KARULOX . We meet long loong loong time ago at Y!Gallery (at my time when i used to draw the most) and i finally had the chance to meet him and see how wonderfull he is in person. One of the original bara artists, i got postcard prints of his art Archie, James, Geralt, Snow and Jecht as well as a keychain, four pins and a lanyard based on his game
WET DREAMS SPA he build all by himself.
PLEASE GO PLAY HIS GAME!!
And laslty i got lots of stuff from
ABSOLUM : two pretty cool and stylish Ryu and Chris keychains (the Chris one includes RE5 and RE8 versions of him in each side), his amazing artbook Grimorio, art prints from Smael, Metal Gear Solid, Devilman and Street Fighter and a poster of the cover of Blazing Strike. I love his art and really admire him!!
He also signed my Blazing Strike artbook!! I know he has no bloogspot but if he evers comes around here: THANK YOU SOO MUCH!! YOUR ART IS AN ENDLESS FOUNTIAN OF JOY!!
There was soo amazing stuff i wasnt able to buy but i just hope next year i can support this amazing artists and meet again long time firends i lost contact with them because, while the bara isnt as present as i wished for, this event is still unique and an amazing way to keep in contact with the besta rtists out there.
