An Artist Creates Amazingly Realistic Sand Sculptures Of Animals Look Like They've Crawled Onto Shore

To create his sculptures, Bastarrika gathers between 1,100 lb and 3,300 lb of sand. Bastarrika works mostly with his hands. He likes feeling and touching the sand. During the process, he uses a picture of what he's sculpting as a reference, but most of his inspiration comes directly from his vivid imagination. It takes about 6 to 12 hours to finish a sculpture, after which is either taken away by the wind or by himself as he has to free the public space where he normally works.