diff --git a/cowgen/src/lib.rs b/cowgen/src/lib.rs
index 6b12b65..1d000f6 100644
--- a/cowgen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cowgen/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,47 @@
 use ril::prelude::*;
 use std::fs::File;
 
-struct Template<T: AsRef<str>> {
+pub struct Template<T: AsRef<str>> {
     elements: Vec<Element<T>>,
     dimensions: (u32, u32),
     base: Image,
 }
 
 impl<T: AsRef<str>> Template<T> {
-    pub fn new(elements: Vec<Element<T>>) -> Self {
-        Self {
+    pub fn new(base: Vec<u8>, elements: Vec<Element<T>>) -> Result<Self, ril::Error> {
+        let base: Image = Image::from_bytes_inferred(base)?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            dimensions: base.dimensions(),
             elements,
-        }
+            base,
+        })
     }
 
-    pub fn produce(self, image: File) -> Result<File, ril::Error> {
+    pub fn produce(mut self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let size = self.base.dimensions();
         for element in self.elements {
-            
-            image.draw
-        }    
-    } 
+            let mut pos = element.position;
+            let mut img: Image = element.into();
+            if pos.0 < 0 {
+                img.crop(-pos.0 as u32, 0, size.0, size.1);
+                pos.0 = 0;
+            }
+            if pos.1 < 0 {
+                img.crop(0, -pos.1 as u32, size.0, size.1);
+                pos.1 = 0;
+            }
+
+            self.base
+                .draw(&Paste::new(img).with_position(pos.0 as u32, pos.1 as u32));
+        }
+        let mut buf = Vec::<u8>::new();
+        self.base.encode(ImageFormat::Png, &mut buf).unwrap();
+
+        buf
+    }
 }
 
-struct Element<T: AsRef<str>> {
+pub struct Element<T: AsRef<str>> {
     position: (i32, i32),
     dimensions: (u32, u32),
     media: Media<T>,
@@ -39,16 +58,26 @@ impl<T: AsRef<str>> Element<T> {
 }
 
 impl<T: AsRef<str>> Into<Image> for Element<T> {
-    pub fn into(self) -> Image {
+    fn into(self) -> Image {
         match self.media {
-            Media::Image(image) => {
-                image.resized(self.dimensions.0, self.dimensions.1, ResizeAlgorithm::Bicubic)
-            },
-            Media::Text(text) => {
-                Image::new(self.dimensions.0, self.dimensions.1, Rgba::transparent())
-                    .with(TextSegment::new(text.font, text.text, Rgb::new(text.fill.0, text.fill.1, text.fill.2))
-                              .with_size(text.size))
-            },
+            Media::Image(image) => image.resized(
+                self.dimensions.0,
+                self.dimensions.1,
+                ResizeAlgorithm::Bicubic,
+            ),
+            Media::Text(text) => Image::new(
+                self.dimensions.0,
+                self.dimensions.1,
+                Dynamic::Rgba(Rgba::transparent()),
+            )
+            .with(
+                &TextSegment::new(
+                    &Font::from_reader(text.font, 12.0).unwrap(),
+                    text.text,
+                    Dynamic::Rgb(Rgb::new(text.fill.0, text.fill.1, text.fill.2)),
+                )
+                .with_size(text.size),
+            ),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -58,7 +87,7 @@ pub enum Media<T: AsRef<str>> {
     Image(Image),
 }
 
-struct Text<T: AsRef<str>> {
+pub struct Text<T: AsRef<str>> {
     text: T,
     font: File,
     size: f32,
@@ -66,17 +95,15 @@ struct Text<T: AsRef<str>> {
 }
 
 impl<T: AsRef<str>> Text<T> {
-    pub fn new(contents: T, font: File, size: f32, fill: (u8, u8, u8)) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(text: T, font: File, size: f32, fill: (u8, u8, u8)) -> Self {
         Self {
-            contents,
+            text,
             font,
             size,
             fill,
         }
     }
-}   
-
-
+}
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {