{"id":1104,"date":"2025-07-01T11:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/?page_id=1104"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:10:40","slug":"characters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/?page_id=1104","title":{"rendered":"Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">I design characters that often take the form of strange, playful monsters \u2014 hybrids drawn from animals, plant life, or faces noticed in the everyday. These creatures can be a way of exploring or expressing emotion, giving form to feelings that are hard to pin down in words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RISO_printed_monster_Amanda_Rigby.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Rigby monster risograph printed in blue and yellow\" class=\"wp-image-823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RISO_printed_monster_Amanda_Rigby.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RISO_printed_monster_Amanda_Rigby-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RISO_printed_monster_Amanda_Rigby-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RISO_printed_monster_Amanda_Rigby-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_pictoplasma_artist.jpg\" alt=\"poster of a monster character by Amanda Rigby for Pictoplasma character matters exhibition, Berlin\" class=\"wp-image-1111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_pictoplasma_artist.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_pictoplasma_artist-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1112\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_pictoplasma_artist_2.jpg\" alt=\"poster of a monster character by Amanda Rigby for Pictoplasma character matters exhibition, Berlin\" class=\"wp-image-1112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_pictoplasma_artist_2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_pictoplasma_artist_2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1110\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_drawing.jpg\" alt=\"pen and ink drawing of a monster character by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_drawing.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_drawing-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1109\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_illustration.jpg\" alt=\"pen and ink drawing of a monster character by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_illustration.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_illustration-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1115\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_illustration-1.jpg\" alt=\"pen and ink drawing of a plant characters by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_illustration-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_illustration-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1120\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_drawing_3.jpg\" alt=\"pen and ink drawing of a monster character by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_drawing_3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_drawing_3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1118\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_drawing_2.jpg\" alt=\"pen and ink drawing of a monster character by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_drawing_2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_drawing_2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"1107\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design.jpg\" alt=\"pen and ink drawing of Mark Grist and Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"1105\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_2.jpg\" alt=\"pen and ink drawing of a sad broccolli character by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1119\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character__Robot-tears.jpg\" alt=\"pen and ink drawing of an emotional robot character crying by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character__Robot-tears.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character__Robot-tears-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1116\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_drawing.jpg\" alt=\"pen and ink drawing of a character by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_drawing.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_drawing-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"1106\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_3.jpg\" alt=\"Digital sketch of a monster character by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_3-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_design_3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Beastie-flying-butterpaws.jpg\" alt=\"Digital drawing of Butterpaws character flying, holding a teddy bear and suitcase by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Beastie-flying-butterpaws.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Beastie-flying-butterpaws-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Beastie-flying-butterpaws-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Beastie-flying-butterpaws-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Beastie-flying-butterpaws-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Beastie-flying-butterpaws-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amanda_Rigby_street_art_design_9.jpg\" alt=\"Skateboarding character by Amanda Rigby at Oundle Road skate park Peterborough UK\" class=\"wp-image-1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amanda_Rigby_street_art_design_9.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Amanda_Rigby_street_art_design_9-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"1108\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_painting.jpg\" alt=\"Posca drawing of a monster character by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_painting.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_painting-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_painting-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_monster_painting-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1117\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_illustrator_4.jpg\" alt=\"Posca drawing of a sun melting character by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_illustrator_4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_illustrator_4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1121\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_plants_drawing.jpg\" alt=\"drawing of plant based characters on OSB tiny street art by Amanda Rigby\" class=\"wp-image-1121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_plants_drawing.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_plants_drawing-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"1370\" src=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_street_art.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Amanda_Rigby_character_street_art.jpg 600w, 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These creatures can be a way of exploring or expressing emotion, giving form to feelings that are hard to pin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104\/revisions\/1569"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amandarigby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}