importmatplotlib.pyplotaspltimportnumpyasnpfrommatplotlib.patchesimportCircle,PathPatchfrommatplotlib.pathimportPathfrommatplotlib.transformsimportAffine2D# Fixing random state for reproducibilitynp.random.seed(19680801)r=np.random.rand(50)t=np.random.rand(50)*np.pi*2.0x=r*np.cos(t)y=r*np.sin(t)fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(6,6))circle=Circle((0,0),1,facecolor='none',edgecolor=(0,0.8,0.8),linewidth=3,alpha=0.5)ax.add_patch(circle)im=plt.imshow(np.random.random((100,100)),origin='lower',cmap="winter",interpolation='spline36',extent=(-1,1,-1,1))im.set_clip_path(circle)plt.plot(x,y,'o',color=(0.9,0.9,1.0),alpha=0.8)# Dolphin from OpenClipart library by Andy Fitzsimon#   <cc:License rdf:about="http://web.resource.org/cc/PublicDomain">#     <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction"/>#     <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution"/>#     <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/DerivativeWorks"/>#   </cc:License>dolphin="""M -0.59739425,160.18173 C -0.62740401,160.18885 -0.57867129,160.11183-0.57867129,160.11183 C -0.57867129,160.11183 -0.5438361,159.89315-0.39514638,159.81496 C -0.24645668,159.73678 -0.18316813,159.71981-0.18316813,159.71981 C -0.18316813,159.71981 -0.10322971,159.58124-0.057804323,159.58725 C -0.029723983,159.58913 -0.061841603,159.60356-0.071265813,159.62815 C -0.080250183,159.65325 -0.082918513,159.70554-0.061841203,159.71248 C -0.040763903,159.7194 -0.0066711426,159.710910.077336307,159.73612 C 0.16879567,159.76377 0.28380306,159.864480.31516668,159.91533 C 0.3465303,159.96618 0.5011127,160.17710.5011127,160.1771 C 0.63668998,160.19238 0.67763022,160.312590.66556395,160.32668 C 0.65339985,160.34212 0.66350443,160.336420.64907098,160.33088 C 0.63463742,160.32533 0.61309688,160.2970.5789627,160.29339 C 0.54348657,160.28968 0.52329693,160.276740.50728856,160.27737 C 0.49060916,160.27795 0.48965803,160.315650.46114204,160.33673 C 0.43329696,160.35786 0.4570711,160.398710.43309565,160.40685 C 0.4105108,160.41442 0.39416631,160.330270.3954995,160.2935 C 0.39683269,160.25672 0.43807996,160.215220.44567915,160.19734 C 0.45327833,160.17946 0.27946869,159.9424-0.061852613,159.99845 C -0.083965233,160.0427 -0.26176109,160.06683-0.26176109,160.06683 C -0.30127962,160.07028 -0.21167141,160.09731-0.24649368,160.1011 C -0.32642366,160.11569 -0.34521187,160.06895-0.40622293,160.0819 C -0.467234,160.09485 -0.56738444,160.17461-0.59739425,160.18173"""vertices=[]codes=[]parts=dolphin.split()i=0code_map={'M':Path.MOVETO,'C':Path.CURVE4,'L':Path.LINETO,}whilei<len(parts):path_code=code_map[parts[i]]npoints=Path.NUM_VERTICES_FOR_CODE[path_code]codes.extend([path_code]*npoints)vertices.extend([[*map(float,y.split(','))]foryinparts[i+1:][:npoints]])i+=npoints+1vertices=np.array(vertices)vertices[:,1]-=160dolphin_path=Path(vertices,codes)dolphin_patch=PathPatch(dolphin_path,facecolor=(0.6,0.6,0.6),edgecolor=(0.0,0.0,0.0))ax.add_patch(dolphin_patch)vertices=Affine2D().rotate_deg(60).transform(vertices)dolphin_path2=Path(vertices,codes)dolphin_patch2=PathPatch(dolphin_path2,facecolor=(0.5,0.5,0.5),edgecolor=(0.0,0.0,0.0))ax.add_patch(dolphin_patch2)plt.show()

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