Artist Turns Stone Into Great White Shark And People Are Taking The Best Photos

Here's a pic of Palolem Beach, in South Goa, India. It's a gorgeous location, filled with smooth sand, picturesque rocks and stunning views of the Indian Ocean. It's super popular on Instagram, too.

Jimmy Swift has done various artistic endeavours, but the stuff he's done at Palolem Beach seems like it'll soon become the stuff of legend — at least if Instagram travelers have anything to say about it.

He turned one rock into something that looks just like a gigantic elephant emerging from the sand. I know that elephants don't have hair, but the greenery up top actually looks pretty good.

Some of the protruding rocks at Palolem Beach have very distinctive profiles. Swift saw one such rock and decided he had to transform it. The incredible results speak for themselves.

There it is, in all its glory: the great white shark rock at Palolem Beach, courtesy of Jimmy Swift. The rock is shaped just like the shark's head on the movie poster for Jaws.

If you live near a beach, you probably know that tides are a thing. And if you're an artist, you probably know that water dilutes paint. Swift struggled with both of these as he painted the rock.

Instagram tags for Palolem Beach come in fast and furious all year round. But if you scroll through them, you can see that Swift's shark rock has become the stuff of local legend.

"I was literally beat up by the waves and rising tide and forced to stop before it was finished," he wrote on Instagram. Even unfinished, the rock looks pretty impressive.

But like all artists, Swift will always be his biggest critic. That's just the way it is for most creative people.

"I could have done better, but between the blowing sand and wind, splashing waves, burning hot sun and the fact I've never painted a shark before or painted on a 3-dimension surface like a rock...I think it turned out okay," he wrote.

Swift has touched it up a few times, but paint will always lose its battle with the elements. Either way, Jaws' teeth are still visible — and that's all it really takes to draw in the tourists.

"When I first saw this rock, it looked like a perfect place for a great white," he wrote, describing the creative process. "Hopefully it doesn't scare the !@$# out of people!"

You can see how it would have been a challenge to paint the lower reaches of the rock, considering how much water is lapping in the area and how those areas will usually be obscured anyway.

Not because it isn't awesome, but because then I couldn't make a pretend action shot.

It's easier to tell just how big the rock is when the base isn't hidden in the waves. A human for scale makes it even clearer.

You just know that the shark rock stands out to make it the best meeting place at the Palolem Beach. "Meet me at the shark in fifteen minutes!"

This isn't housed in a gallery somewhere, it's out in the open for everyone to appreciate. Judging by Instagram and Facebook trends, everyone who chances across it absolutely appreciates it.

He told Bored Panda, "I think my favorite thing about public art is the impact it can have on people. You never know what one of your creations will bring to others. Some people might find it cute and something you take a selfie in front of and for others it might open up a deeper feeling within."

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