\documentclass{article} \usepackage[x11names, rgb]{xcolor} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{snakes,arrows,shapes} \usepackage{amsmath} % % % % \begin{document} \pagestyle{empty} % % % \enlargethispage{100cm} % Start of code % \begin{tikzpicture}[anchor=mid,>=latex',join=bevel,] \begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex',join=bevel,] \pgfsetlinewidth{1bp} % \pgfsetcolor{black} % Edge: hello -> world \draw [->] (23bp,58bp) .. controls (23bp,51bp) and (23bp,41bp) .. (23bp,22bp); % Node: hello \begin{scope} \pgfsetstrokecolor{black} \draw (23bp,69bp) ellipse (21bp and 11bp); \draw (23bp,69bp) node {hello}; \end{scope} % Node: world \begin{scope} \pgfsetstrokecolor{black} \draw (23bp,11bp) ellipse (23bp and 11bp); \draw (23bp,11bp) node {world}; \end{scope} % \end{tikzpicture} % End of code % \end{document} %