I like painting characters from Eastern mythology, for example, divs. According to Wikipedia, a div (earlier Persian dēv, Middle Persian dēw, Avestan daēva) is an evil spirit that loves to cause harm and destruction. However, some divs may be benign, actually helping the protagonist.



A div is usually pictured as a being with combined human and animal characteristics; they have two arms and legs like a human, but they may be dark blue, bright red, chalk-white or spotted; they are often hairy, and have a tufted tail like a lion; their faces are bestial, with sharp fangs, horns, and animal-like snouts, or in some cases the beak of a bird; for feet they might have clawed talons or hooves (though ordinary feet are more common); and though they are fond of gold ornaments, they wear very little in the way of clothing, and often display enormous genitalia.