Advices on drawing a complex figure using tikz
How to convert image to tikz
using inkscape
Open inkscape and import the image
Select the image and use
Trace Bitmap...
- For the image you posted I selected the following configuration:
- The resulting vectorised version of your image:
If the lines are not smooth enough or too smooth, these parameters can be adjusted in the trace options.
At this point I would simply save the vector image as
\includegraphics
.
- To convert the image to
tikz
, there exists and extension. [Be careful, the resulting file size may be huge]
Not a real answer - just a fake one to post this image, which was traced with potrace and polished a bit with inkscape
Dropbox link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jk4wa9vcyeklqlg/AAAhva-i-pCASvhgLoI3v8Vba?dl=0
Edit: steps of the conversion
Opened with Gimp, converted to grayscale, and then to black/white using the "threshold" tool
Converted to pbm using imagemagick's
convert
(I assume Gimp could have done that, too)Traced with
potrace -s picture.pbm
Opened the svg file produced by potrace with inkscape and did a bit of manual tweaking of the contours.