I love the artist community on Twitter. I love how talented they all are! I love how willing they are to jump on any opportunity to participate in drawing prompts and themes. I love #inktober, I love #mermay, and this week, I love #metsona!

But what is #metsona and how did it start?

This past Monday was the Met Gala, an annual fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC that’s known for attracting the biggest stars—and the boldest fashion! This year’s gala theme was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” and it certainly spawned some iconic looks from the likes of Rihanna, Chadwick Boseman, and so many others.

Kevin Wada on started the fun on Twitter by egging on several of his artist friends:

https://twitter.com/kevinwada/status/993658100165980160

His own contribution took a while, but showed up the next morning with quite a lot of fanfare.

https://twitter.com/kevinwada/status/993870209957023745

Dozens of artists joined in the exercise, drawing a variety of stunning outfits and sharing them in the #metsona tag. There was a huge range of high fashion, based on cathedrals, saints, reliquaries, Renaissance art, and nods to other cultures and religions! We’ve compiled some of our favorites for you here, but if you want to see more, be sure to check out the hashtag!

https://twitter.com/yoshisquared/status/993995182143098880

sketch of my #metsona 💫 I wanted to create a look inspired by my experience of being raised catholic in a Ghanaian household pic.twitter.com/RAfU4MZRFL

— Abelle🍉LOOKING FOR WORK (@abellehayford) May 9, 2018

https://twitter.com/OhHeyDJ/status/993707125313449989

The gala….if it was Muslim………..here's my very Tamil Muslim take on it, based off of dargahs motifs and Dravidian folk Islam. pic.twitter.com/GjrBqIIEbm

— Nabi H. Ali (@nabihaiderali) May 8, 2018

I hear people are drawing their #metsona for the #MetGala so I took fifteen minutes to shoot millions of arrows at my heart. pic.twitter.com/o0EnvCKCg2

— Jared Pechaček (@vandroidhelsing) May 8, 2018

Alright @kevinwada, you got me. Uriel rising against the night sky—my #Metsona 🔥✨ pic.twitter.com/N7I6bvVSjK

— Jen Bartel (@heyjenbartel) May 8, 2018

https://twitter.com/TaliaMirai/status/993714023513448448

https://twitter.com/RoriComics/status/993728551739326465

cosmic priesty ghostman #Metsona pic.twitter.com/kNKG5hVAw7

— Japh ✨ (working on lots of stuff atm YIPPEE) ✨ (@japhers) May 8, 2018

a quick #metsona because i loved the theme/aesthetic of the met gala this year and wished i was relevant and could go. #metgala2018 pic.twitter.com/8i7lGim6Py

— isabel burke is goin to LBX 2024🕯 (she/her) (@flightlessart) May 8, 2018

https://twitter.com/gchoule/status/993708970522169344

https://twitter.com/reimenayee/status/993687661129883648

https://twitter.com/ugh_bucky/status/993869574364790786

So this was supposed to stay a quick sketch but I have no chill and neither would my #Metsona look. Any excuse to let me draw Byzantine brocading and heavy beading. pic.twitter.com/630Xe2pTVf

— Naomi Franq 👻 Unwanted Guests out now! (@naomifranq) May 8, 2018

https://twitter.com/Shadia_Amin/status/993704042672152576

hi, this is probably weird but i tried. fallen angel/reliquary/relapsed catholic look for the #METsona tag. ty @kevinwada for the prompt! pic.twitter.com/GgMBgVFQE0

— mancameron (@boycameron) May 8, 2018

a more legit ashkenazi #metsona …… i wish i could spend more time expressing the beautiful intricacy of jewish embroidery but i got work to do 😅 pic.twitter.com/BQUbUfRSkB

— iplidl (comms closed!) (@iplidl) May 8, 2018

CMON Guadalupe Pant Suit #Metsona pic.twitter.com/XHf6J0hlmB

— Lydia's Spooky Season 👻 (@hackedmotionart) May 8, 2018