Details. This function creates a simple TikZ 2D scatter plot within a tikzpicture environment. The points are plotted on a normalized figure with x and y axes bounded between [-1, 1]. To render adequately, the final LaTeX document should load the plotmarks TikZ library. Most common Path Actions: \draw: draws a given argument. \fill: fills a given argument with a color. \filldraw: draws the border of a given argument and fills it with a color. \shade: fills a given argument with a smooth transition from one color to another. Note that inside the environment tikzpicture all of these command lines are a shortcut.