MXTX Diaspora May is back for 2024!
MXTX Diaspora May is an event in which Chinese diaspora creators come together to share the diverse aspects of Chinese culture, as well as connect with each other over lived experiences.
Through the promotion and creation of these fanworks, we hope to encourage thoughtful self-reflection throughout the broader fandom, especially with regard to embracing cultural humility and dismantling structures and behaviors that allow racism to flourish, both in fandom and in real life.
Support of MXTX Diaspora May will go a long way towards creating a more inclusive and open climate in our shared online spaces, especially for creators who rarely get their voices heard in the English-speaking side of fandom. We aim to uplift the unique voices and stories of our participants, and we encourage anyone who enjoys works from this event to share in the celebration of Chinese culture from Chinese creators.
Any creator with Chinese heritage may participate in MXTX Diaspora May. Event rules and work requirements may be found at the link below.
Please note one major change from last year: all works must be complete at the time of posting. We will not accept works-in-progress into our collection.
Event Rules & FAQ
Our prompts this year are based on 四象, the Four Symbols, also known as the Four Guardians, Four Gods, or Four Auspicious Beasts. You can find an overview of the Four Symbols on wiki.
Sub-prompts for the event will be posted soon.
Are you a creator of Chinese heritage who's ready to sign up for this event? Please fill out the sign-up form below!
You will receive a discord link to the event server after you complete the form. Please make sure to join the discord server to connect with fellow event participants and receive event announcements and updates.
Sign-ups will run from March 17, 2024 to April 9, 2024.
Sign-Up Form
Signal Boost!
Reblogs and signal boosts for this event are welcome from both participants and non-participants. Please feel free to boost on bluesky and twitter as well.
Feel free to check out our collections from previous years. Comments and kudos are always appreciated by creators!
2021 (MDZS only)
2022
2023
We look forward to sharing and celebrating everyone's works from the 2024 event!
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Zidian supremacy let's goooooo.
Any Jiang Cheng fanart from me from hereon out is in reality going to be an excuse to draw Zidian.
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femji doodle because if i'm going to be sapphic for anyone it would be 二姐姐 <3
I also bought Clip Studio Paint finally, so that's neat. Figuring out how to draw on wacom again is an experience though,,
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Wei Wuxian, head disciple of Yunmeng Jiang sect, master of six arts, son of Cangse Sanren and Wei Changze.
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Would you sell your art as prints? I want some of them on my wall 😅
thank you for your interest! here's the thing about selling prints and other merch. hope you don't mind a rambley explanation since this is something that has been on my mind for a while
jjwxc (the cn site that most danmei series are published on) does not allow fanmerch of IP licensed under them to be sold for profit. this is why you might see a lot of pay-for-production merch (P4P) being made. this is something that older fans are all aware of and usually abide by, but due to the dramas and donghuas, the fandom grew exponentially and a lot of newer fans either don't know or don't care about these rules. tbh i also see some big artists now selling prints and merch of mxtx characters.
personally, my conscience prevents me from selling merch of my danmei works. P4P is a lot of work too and i can't justify the time i will have to put in.
the only works i can potentially sell are my OCs, maybe the Akatsuki no Yona dragons, and i mightttttt be able to get away with the humanized weapons from tgcf since that's also my own design and don't have much to do with canon. however i'm fairly certain that most people would only be interested in buying danmei prints.
that being said, maybe one day i'll make an inprnt shop and put some of the above mentioned works if that interests people.
another way of getting prints of my art is to join my patreon to get the HD files and print them yourself (but keep in mind that you are only allowed to print for personal use, not commercial use, of course)
despite all this, i just want to thank you again for voicing that you like my work enough to want it on your wall! it is so incredibly flattering to hear and genuinely makes my day. i'm sorry that the options are kind of limited (tbh i would LOVE to be able to sell prints of my fan art) but i just can't bring myself to.
thank you again for your ask!
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