diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index dccf5cc..1656a2c 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ set(hdrs
     include/pw/core/timer.hpp
     include/pw/core/mesh.hpp
     include/pw/core/globals.hpp
+	include/pw/core/image.hpp
     )
 
 set(srcs
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ set(srcs
     src/core.cpp
     src/serialize.cpp
     src/timer.cpp
+	src/image.cpp
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE
     )
diff --git a/src/core/include/pw/core/image.hpp b/src/core/include/pw/core/image.hpp
index 1fc9107..73ff30d 100644
--- a/src/core/include/pw/core/image.hpp
+++ b/src/core/include/pw/core/image.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define PW_CORE_IMAGE_HPP
 
 #include <pw/core/globals.hpp>
+#include <pw/core/size.hpp>
 
 namespace pw {
 
@@ -32,11 +33,21 @@ public:
 
     image() = default;
 
+	enum image_type {
+		RGB8,
+		RGBA8,
+		LUM
+	};
 
+	bool create(const sizei& size,);
+
+	const uint8_t *data() const { return _data.data(); }
+	uint8_t *data() { return _data.data(); }
 
 protected:
 
-    std::vector<unsigned char> _data;
+	sizei _size;
+	std::vector<uint8_t> _data;
     std::string _uri;
 
 };
diff --git a/src/core/src/image.cpp b/src/core/src/image.cpp
index fdd0408..e69de29 100644
--- a/src/core/src/image.cpp
+++ b/src/core/src/image.cpp
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#include "pw/core/image.hpp"
-
-namespace pw {
-
-
-
-}