# Setting up background

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/setting-up-background/15689>\
**Category:** Project Guidance\
**Created:** [November 21, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/setting-up-background/15689 "2019-11-21T13:11:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![ProcessingNam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5a626/32.png) [@ProcessingNam](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ProcessingNam)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/setting-up-background/15689/1 "2019-11-21T13:11:03Z")

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I just moved on from Scratch to Processing. I want to make a project that generates certain tesselations as the background just like scratch. e.g. you can set up certain backgrounds and randomly generate them on scratch. How can I do that?

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**Author:** ![noel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/noel/32/213_2.png) [@noel](https://discourse.processing.org/u/noel)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/setting-up-background/15689/2 "2019-11-21T15:52:33Z")

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Before starting with Processing I tried Blockly, same type as Scratch. But I didn’t like it all. Processing is much richer. But your question is somewhat vage. Processing is the ideal tool for what you want. But you have to be especific. I would recommend watching videos of Daniel Shiffman on YouTube.

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/setting-up-background/15689/3 "2019-11-23T20:54:55Z")

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> [@ProcessingNam](#):
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> certain tesselations as the background just like scratch

Can you link to a scratch sketch as an example of what you mean by “tessellations”? Do you mean a tiled background image?

If so, for related discussions see:

> **[Processing 2.x and 3.x Forum](https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/22996/repeat-an-image-as-a-background)**
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> Processing is an electronic sketchbook, a language and a worldwide community. This is its forum.