Yep. It's very intentional that the audience isn't supposed to like her. Rita Skeeter's appearance is VERY purposely written as gaudy and tacky with "large, masculine hands" while also having the personality of the biggest, most annoying, creep you've ever met.

Rita Skeeter being described how JKRat has described transwomen before while making the character obsessive over children is 🤢

aaaah I ended up painting only 2 of them bc I needed to fire them today and they take a long time to paint :') crossing my fingers for the colors to come out nice!!

opening my wallet-ussy for the owls

Homie you cant even get a PO box or state ID in NY based on a birth certificate alone! Hell in most walmarts you can't even send money with solely a passport!

One of my homies showed me the kickstarter video and immediately knew your art style was gonna chew its way into my brain. Seriously one of the yummiest looking books I get the pleasure of backing.