Hello! I’m trying to generate ellipses within an ellipse, or a circular area. for example: for (let i=0; i< 100; i++){ ellipse (random(width), random(height), 10) } noLoop(); Is there a way to generate these random circles within an ellipse instead of the canvas? I’ve looked at drawing circles al…

Hello! You can check the distance to the middle of the circle. Only draw the random point when the distance is <radius. Use if(...) and dist() - see reference. The other way is to use cos and sin to calculate a position inside the circle. See website, tutorials, trigonometry please. Together w…

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thank you both so much! yeah that makes so much sense, will try it out :slight_smile:

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