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I am looking to draw a 2D plane of vectors in latex. Essentially a combination of the following two pictures. I can do the first picture with just \path and \draw, and the second with quiver. But, I cant seem to be able to do both. How would I go about doing this?

Image 1

\begin{tikzpicture}

\draw[black,shorten >= 3pt,shorten <= 3pt] 
  (0,0) to[out=-10,in=150] (6,-2) -- (12,1) to[out=150,in=-10] (5.5,3.7) -- cycle;
  (0,0) to[out=-10,in=150] (6,-2) -- (12,1) to[out=150,in=-10] (5.5,3.7) -- cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}

enter image description here

Image 2

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
    xmin = -4, xmax = 4,
    ymin = -4, ymax = 4,
    zmin = 0, zmax = 1,
    axis equal image,
    xtick distance = 1,
    ytick distance = 1,
    view = {20}{90},
    scale = 1.25,
]

\addplot3[
    quiver = {
        u = {sin y},
        v = {sin x},
        scale arrows = 0.05,
    },
    quiver/colored = {blue},
    -stealth,
    domain = -4:4,
    domain y = -4:4,
] {0};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}

enter image description here

ElleZi
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    What do you mean by doing "both"? Should they be in the same picture, i.e. overlapping? – Gargantuar Jul 25 '23 at 20:39
  • @Gargantuar, i'm not sure how else to describe... The 2nd picture (the vector field) should be on the surface. Not necessary that specific vector field. So the outcome is a curved surface with its corresponding vector field. Something like this – ElleZi Jul 25 '23 at 20:44
  • Welcome to TeX.SE, what does your current code look like, could you edit it into your question please? – JamesT Jul 25 '23 at 20:47
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    @jamesT Hello! Thank you. I have added the code – ElleZi Jul 25 '23 at 21:32
  • A possible solution would be to draw an explicit vector field on the surface. Maybe this answer gives you some hints. stream plot – Daniel N Aug 01 '23 at 14:33

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