\documentclass[tikz]{standalone} \usetikzlibrary{angles, quotes} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} % Define radius \def\r{3} % Bloch vector \draw (0, 0) node[circle, fill, inner sep=1] (orig) {} -- (\r/3, \r/2) node[circle, fill, inner sep=0.7, label=above:$\vec{a}$] (a) {}; \draw[dashed] (orig) -- (\r/3, -\r/5) node (phi) {} -- (a); % Sphere \draw (orig) circle (\r); \draw[dashed] (orig) ellipse (\r{} and \r/3); % Axes \draw[->] (orig) -- ++(-\r/5, -\r/3) node[below] (x1) {$x_1$}; \draw[->] (orig) -- ++(\r, 0) node[right] (x2) {$x_2$}; \draw[->] (orig) -- ++(0, \r) node[above] (x3) {$x_3$}; % Angles \pic [draw=gray, text=gray, ->, "$\phi$"] {angle = x1--orig--phi}; \pic [draw=gray, text=gray, <-, "$\theta$", angle eccentricity=1.4] {angle = a--orig--x3}; \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}