% Thanks to Jake: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/142815/5645 \documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw [red] (0,0) circle [radius=1]; \draw [domain=1:18.8,variable=\t,smooth,samples=200,->,>=stealth'] plot ({\t r}: {1+2*exp(-0.1*\t)}); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}