%% 
%%  The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
%% 
%%  Example 3-6-7 on page 134.
%% 
%%  Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss 
%% 
%%  It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%%  of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3
%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%% 
%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%% 

\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{135.83385pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[metapost]{mfpic}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\opengraphsfile{tmp}
\begin{mfpic}[1.2]{-50}{50}{-50}{50}
 \pen{.3pt}
 \newcommand\petal{\bclosed\lines{(30,10),(0,0),(10,30)}}
 \newcommand\halfflower
    {\begin{coords}
       \gfill\petal \turn{45}\petal\turn{45}
       \shade\draw\petal\turn{45}\hatch\draw\petal
     \end{coords}}
 \halfflower\turn{180}\halfflower
 \gclear\draw\circle{(0,0),10}
\end{mfpic}
\closegraphsfile
\end{document}