Riya sat in her cramped studio apartment in Mumbai, the humid air thick with the scent of linseed oil and turpentine. On her dual monitors, a high-resolution 1080p image of a famous Bollywood actress glowed. The actress was draped in a designer bikini, posing against the turquoise backdrop of a Maldivian beach. To the casual observer, it was just a glamorous wallpaper. To Riya, it was the blueprint for her next masterpiece.

Every swimwear wallpaper is a travel brochure. Whether it is the pools of , the beaches of Goa , or the luxury resorts of Dubai and Thailand , these images fuel our wanderlust. They paint a picture of a life where weekends are spent on jet skis and evenings by a bonfire.