\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone} \usepackage{luamplib} \begin{document} \begin{mplibcode} beginfig(1); numeric u; u = 21; picture strip; strip = image( for i=-10 upto 10: fill unitsquare shifted (2i,0) scaled u; draw unitsquare shifted (2i,0) scaled u withcolor 1/2; endfor for i=0, 1: draw ((-20, i) -- (20, i)) scaled u withcolor 1/2; endfor ); for i=0 upto 9: draw strip shifted (4 normaldeviate, i*u); endfor clip currentpicture to unitsquare shifted 1/2 left xscaled 29.2 yscaled 10 scaled u; endfig; \end{mplibcode} \end{document}