Derek Riggs (born 13 February 1958)[1] is a contemporary British artist best known for creating the band Iron Maiden's mascot, "Eddie".

[1] Riggs' most famous achievement is his work with Iron Maiden and his creation of Eddie, the band's mascot and subject of their album and single covers.

[3] Riggs' first picture of Eddie was originally entitled "Electric Matthew Says Hello,"[4] and was actually painted for a possible punk cover.

[5] Iron Maiden's management came across it while looking through Riggs' portfolio,[6] and asked him to add hair to the figure to make it look less punk-like.

[3] In 1992, however, the band decided to accept contributions from other artists for their next album, Fear of the Dark, resulting in much less input from Riggs in recent years.