Is there a way to randomly fill with circles

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Is there a way to randomly fill with circles

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I would like to draw something similar to this.
I think I can work it out....I draw the teardrop shapes then fill with the circles then delete the teardrop?
But is there a way to automatically fill the teardrops with random circles or does it need to be done manually, one by one?
How would you guys approach this?
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It looks like there are only a couple of designs that repeat. They are just rotated differently.
I would probably just draw & fill them manual. Then copy/paste & rotate them.
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I don't know of any way to automatically randomize the placement of the circles. You could take a screen shot and import to Inkscape, then use the bezier tool to trace one of the tear drop shapes. Then draw and copy circles over the image. Copy the tear drop outline and then draw more circles in different patterns. Copy, scale/rotate to mimick the pattern in your sample photo. Lastly delete the tear drop outlines.

I have included the file of the sample patterns I came up with. Maybe these will be of some use to you.

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Re: Is there a way to randomly fill with circles

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I have used this in the past to make a random pattern of circles.
Import it into inkscape, play around with the shape you want, clean it up and call it done.
https://luckyresistor.me/2020/10/01/cir ... generator/
There are alot of random pattern generators that export SVG out there.
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Thanks for the tip Plasma-art! I will most definitely check it out.
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Wow! You guys are fast! Thank you very much!
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I will look forward to seeing your final design and result once you have it complete.
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That's just too cool I wish I would have started trying to learn this stuff 20 years ago !
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adbuch wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:44 am I will look forward to seeing your final design and result once you have it complete.
David
Here's the first attempt. A few holes were too close together due to me making the teardrops too small.
Customer seems happy so far.👍🙂
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Re: Is there a way to randomly fill with circles

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That's a great looking result! Thanks for sharing your finished product with us. The customer should be very happy with this.
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