diff --git a/hypertiling/plot.py b/hypertiling/plot.py
index 36c995c3a6f2a4b60d89d4817a28a66e283f166c..a76dbf5bc4954fa813485050d42ff0a83a672615 100644
--- a/hypertiling/plot.py
+++ b/hypertiling/plot.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import matplotlib.cm as cmap
 from matplotlib.patches import Polygon
 from matplotlib.collections import PatchCollection, PolyCollection
-from .geodesics import geodesic_arc
+from geodesics import geodesic_arc
 
 
 # taken from http://exnumerus.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-quickly-plot-polygons-in.html
@@ -80,10 +79,6 @@ def edges2matplotlib(T, **kwargs):
                 types.append(-1)
                                         
     return edges, types
-                
-
-
-
 
 
 # simple plot function for hyperbolic tiling with colors
@@ -95,7 +90,7 @@ def plot_tiling(polygons, colors, symmetric_colors=False, plot_colorbar=False, x
 
     # draw patches
     ax.add_collection(pgons)
-    
+
     # symmetric colorbar    
     if symmetric_colors:
         cmin = np.min(colors)
@@ -110,5 +105,7 @@ def plot_tiling(polygons, colors, symmetric_colors=False, plot_colorbar=False, x
     plt.ylim(ycrange)
     plt.axis("off") 
     plt.gca().set_aspect('equal')
+    # plt.savefig('pgon73.png', dpi=400)
+    plt.show()
 
     return ax
diff --git a/hypertiling/temp.py b/hypertiling/temp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..841415eabd65c94029b36db02bf47204e7420c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hypertiling/temp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import random
+
+import matplotlib.colors
+import numpy as np
+
+from core import HyperbolicTiling
+from plot import quick_plot, plot_tiling
+from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+from PIL import Image
+import binascii  # to convert .png into hex
+
+def rgb_to_hex(rgb):
+    dim1 = len(rgb[:, 0, 0])
+    dim2 = len(rgb[0, :, 0])
+    hexcolors = np.empty(shape=(dim1, dim2), dtype='object')
+    for i, row in enumerate(rgb):
+        for j, clr in enumerate(row):
+            c = f"{format(clr[0], '02x')}" + f"{format(clr[1], '02x')}" + f"{format(clr[2], '02x')}"
+            hexcolors[i, j] = c
+
+    return hexcolors
+    # return '%02x%02x%02x' % rgb
+    # return f"{format(rgb[0], '02x')}" + f"{format(rgb[1], '02x')}" + f"{format(rgb[2], '02x')}"
+
+
+p, q, n = 7, 3, 1
+t = HyperbolicTiling(p, q, n, kernel="flo")
+t.generate()
+# plot_tiling(t, np.random.rand(len(t)))
+
+d = 10
+img = Image.open('Patrick Star Vorlage.png').resize((d, d))
+img = np.asarray(img)
+img_hex = rgb_to_hex(img)
+imgref = Image.open('pgon73.png').resize((d, d))
+imgref = np.asarray(imgref)
+imgref_hex = rgb_to_hex(imgref)
+# whites = [['000000' for _ in range(d)] for __ in range(d)]
+# img_hex[(img_hex == '000000')] = 'x'
+img_hex = np.where(imgref_hex != '000000', img_hex, '000000')
+print(img_hex)
+print(np.shape(img_hex))
+# img = np.delete()
+fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+
+img = ax.imshow(img)
+# patch = patches.Circle((250, 250), radius=1000, transform=ax.transData)
+# patch2 = patches.Circle((0, 0), radius=1000, transform=ax.transData)
+# img.set_clip_path(patch)
+# img.set_clip_path(patch2)
+
+# ax.axis('off')
+plt.show()