Original drawing by Daniel Littmann on X/Twitter, here drawn in TikZ. I used the hobby library for smooth open or closed paths, “to” paths with in and out angles for further smooth paths with a certain looseness, all nodes set… Continue Reading →
On X (Twitter), I saw a post by Ben Levinstein asking if any AI could do a good job turning hand-drawn diagrams into TikZ equivalents. I guess AI is not ready for this yet, but I can show how I… Continue Reading →
On X/Twitter, I saw a drawing by 黄餅もち. It is pretty easy to do in TikZ, so I quickly made this drawing, using LuaLaTeX: The code is: \documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{luatexja-fontspec} \usetikzlibrary{trees} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[edge from parent fork right, grow=east, every node/.style={draw}] \node… Continue Reading →
On X/Twitter, I saw a drawing by toshᴉzumi. It’s pretty complex, well made, I like it very much. I had a few thoughts how I would adjust it a bit to my taste. toshᴉzumi shared the code, so I played… Continue Reading →
I saw a question on X/Twitter by とと about drawing certain circles, partially filled, together with aligned equations. So, I quickly wrote some TikZ code to demonstrate how such drawings can be done. This is the result: And this is… Continue Reading →
I saw a question on X/Twitter by @ritsudesu_yoro about drawing arrows and adding labels to chemical equation. @RARARARAICHUUU recommended doing it in TikZ, and I fully agree with this suggestion. So I wrote quickly some TikZ code to demonstrate how… Continue Reading →
That’s the hippo from the tikzlings package with a thought bubble and a toy lightsaber serving as a flagpole for the flag of his homeland Malawi, done with the worldflags package. \documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikzlings} \usepackage{worldflags} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \hippo[body=brown!60!black, lightsaber=brown, think={\textsf{The end}}]… Continue Reading →
This is from my tweet here, an example illustrating the tikzbricks package that I featured in the fun section of my new TikZ book. (It shall be released in July, you can follow me on Twitter for updates.) \documentclass[tikz,svgnames,border=20pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikzbricks}… Continue Reading →
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