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Join us for BIPOC Vampire Day 2026!

September 18th-20th

Join us for the 6th year of #BIPOCVampDay – a 3-day long online event celebrating Black, Indigenous, and POC vampires in media. We’re also fundraising for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America and spreading awareness about sickle cell disease – that’s right, the vampires are giving back to our community with a virtual blood-drive.

We want your art, your OCs, your stories, your projects - if it involves BIPOC Vampires, we wanna see it shared over that weekend and beyond.

What is BIPOCVampDay?

#BIPOCVampDay began in September 2021 inspired by the success of Black Fae Day (created by Jasmine La Fleur).

Much like Black Fae Day, BIPOC Vampire Day was an event focused on representation – because despite vampiric folklore existing in every culture around the world – the media showcasing vampires is often incredibly Euro-centric or pale. Determined to prove that vampires can be more diverse, they invited their fellow BIPOC vampires (and all vampire fans) to come out to play. Every year participants showcase their original characters, fan art, art, cosplay, books/movies/games all weekend. Representation is more important than ever – so let’s make its 6th year a good one.

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We raised over $3k for Sickle Cell Disease Association of America last year and we're hype for another year of TTRPG streaming, Vampires of Color Vol 5, in person events, and the most diverse showcase of vampires you've ever seen. Hope you'll join us.

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hey, thank you so much!!! tbh, children are tricky and it took years of practice before i felt like i drew them okay--hopefully these tips are helpful to you!

using georgia and her much younger self as a guide: children have big heads in relation to their bodies, with their features mostly relegated to 2/3 or even 1/2 of the face, depending on the art style. babies and toddlers in particular almost always have large foreheads and big cheeks, no matter what their individual features are.

my children tend to lean more cherubic and cartoonish because i've always adored how rose o'neill, the creator of kewpie dolls, drew children and babies. great big eyes, small noses and mouths, etc.

that being said: as you can see with georgia above, her younger self still has fuller lips and a wider nose, they're just small in proportion to the rest of her head, if that makes sense!