1,322 strokes · 33.9 m of ink · 5.65 m pen-up travel

Circle packing

Circles that grow until they touch, drawn plain, as rings or hatched.

Seed

The same seed and settings always give the same drawing.

Packing

Largest circle60

Smallest circle5

Gap between circles2.0

Placements tried15000

More tries squeeze in more small circles

Drawing

Style

OutlineRingsHatched

Ring and hatch spacing1.2 mm

Share of circles hatched0.50

Hatched style only. The rest stay outlines

Paper and pen

Paper

Orientation

PortraitLandscape

Margin15 mm

Pen width0.40 mm

Match your pen. Sets the line width in the preview and the file.

Sheet 297 × 210 mm, drawing area 267 × 180 mm.