diff --git a/renderer/image-textures.ts b/renderer/image-textures.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c44e2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renderer/image-textures.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+import type { Asset } from "@core/asset";
+import type { ScreenRect, WebGlRendererContext } from "./types";
+
+export type ImageTextureRenderer = {
+  render(asset: Asset, rect: ScreenRect): boolean;
+  dispose(): void;
+};
+
+type TextureEntry =
+  | { status: "loading"; image: HTMLImageElement }
+  | { status: "ready"; texture: WebGLTexture }
+  | { status: "error" };
+
+export function createImageTextureRenderer(context: WebGlRendererContext, invalidate: () => void): ImageTextureRenderer {
+  const { gl } = context;
+  const program = createProgram(gl);
+  const positionLocation = gl.getAttribLocation(program, "a_position");
+  const texCoordLocation = gl.getAttribLocation(program, "a_texCoord");
+  const samplerLocation = gl.getUniformLocation(program, "u_image");
+  const positionBuffer = gl.createBuffer();
+  const texCoordBuffer = gl.createBuffer();
+  const textures = new Map<string, TextureEntry>();
+
+  if (!positionBuffer || !texCoordBuffer || !samplerLocation) throw new Error("Failed to create image texture renderer");
+
+  gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, texCoordBuffer);
+  gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, new Float32Array([0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1]), gl.STATIC_DRAW);
+
+  return {
+    render(asset, rect) {
+      const entry = getTextureEntry(context, textures, asset, invalidate);
+      if (entry.status !== "ready") return false;
+
+      gl.disable(gl.SCISSOR_TEST);
+      gl.enable(gl.BLEND);
+      gl.blendFunc(gl.SRC_ALPHA, gl.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
+      gl.useProgram(program);
+
+      gl.activeTexture(gl.TEXTURE0);
+      gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, entry.texture);
+      gl.uniform1i(samplerLocation, 0);
+
+      gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, positionBuffer);
+      gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, rectVertices(context.canvas, rect), gl.DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+      gl.enableVertexAttribArray(positionLocation);
+      gl.vertexAttribPointer(positionLocation, 2, gl.FLOAT, false, 0, 0);
+
+      gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, texCoordBuffer);
+      gl.enableVertexAttribArray(texCoordLocation);
+      gl.vertexAttribPointer(texCoordLocation, 2, gl.FLOAT, false, 0, 0);
+
+      gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
+      gl.disable(gl.BLEND);
+      gl.enable(gl.SCISSOR_TEST);
+      return true;
+    },
+    dispose() {
+      for (const entry of textures.values()) {
+        if (entry.status === "ready") gl.deleteTexture(entry.texture);
+      }
+      gl.deleteBuffer(positionBuffer);
+      gl.deleteBuffer(texCoordBuffer);
+      gl.deleteProgram(program);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function getTextureEntry(
+  context: WebGlRendererContext,
+  textures: Map<string, TextureEntry>,
+  asset: Asset,
+  invalidate: () => void,
+): TextureEntry {
+  const cached = textures.get(asset.id);
+  if (cached) return cached;
+
+  const image = new Image();
+  textures.set(asset.id, { status: "loading", image });
+  image.onload = () => {
+    const texture = createTexture(context.gl, image);
+    textures.set(asset.id, { status: "ready", texture });
+    invalidate();
+  };
+  image.onerror = () => {
+    textures.set(asset.id, { status: "error" });
+    invalidate();
+  };
+  image.src = asset.source;
+
+  return { status: "loading", image };
+}
+
+function createTexture(gl: WebGL2RenderingContext, image: HTMLImageElement) {
+  const texture = gl.createTexture();
+  if (!texture) throw new Error("Failed to create image texture");
+
+  gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, texture);
+  gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_WRAP_S, gl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+  gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_WRAP_T, gl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
+  gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, gl.LINEAR);
+  gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, gl.LINEAR);
+  gl.pixelStorei(gl.UNPACK_FLIP_Y_WEBGL, false);
+  gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, image);
+
+  return texture;
+}
+
+function rectVertices(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, rect: ScreenRect) {
+  const x1 = (rect.x / canvas.width) * 2 - 1;
+  const x2 = ((rect.x + rect.w) / canvas.width) * 2 - 1;
+  const y1 = 1 - (rect.y / canvas.height) * 2;
+  const y2 = 1 - ((rect.y + rect.h) / canvas.height) * 2;
+
+  return new Float32Array([x1, y1, x2, y1, x1, y2, x1, y2, x2, y1, x2, y2]);
+}
+
+function createProgram(gl: WebGL2RenderingContext) {
+  const vertexShader = compileShader(
+    gl,
+    gl.VERTEX_SHADER,
+    `#version 300 es
+    in vec2 a_position;
+    in vec2 a_texCoord;
+    out vec2 v_texCoord;
+    void main() {
+      gl_Position = vec4(a_position, 0.0, 1.0);
+      v_texCoord = a_texCoord;
+    }`,
+  );
+  const fragmentShader = compileShader(
+    gl,
+    gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER,
+    `#version 300 es
+    precision mediump float;
+    uniform sampler2D u_image;
+    in vec2 v_texCoord;
+    out vec4 outColor;
+    void main() {
+      outColor = texture(u_image, v_texCoord);
+    }`,
+  );
+  const program = gl.createProgram();
+  if (!program) throw new Error("Failed to create image shader program");
+
+  gl.attachShader(program, vertexShader);
+  gl.attachShader(program, fragmentShader);
+  gl.linkProgram(program);
+  gl.deleteShader(vertexShader);
+  gl.deleteShader(fragmentShader);
+
+  if (!gl.getProgramParameter(program, gl.LINK_STATUS)) {
+    const message = gl.getProgramInfoLog(program) ?? "Unknown program link error";
+    gl.deleteProgram(program);
+    throw new Error(message);
+  }
+
+  return program;
+}
+
+function compileShader(gl: WebGL2RenderingContext, type: number, source: string) {
+  const shader = gl.createShader(type);
+  if (!shader) throw new Error("Failed to create shader");
+
+  gl.shaderSource(shader, source);
+  gl.compileShader(shader);
+  if (!gl.getShaderParameter(shader, gl.COMPILE_STATUS)) {
+    const message = gl.getShaderInfoLog(shader) ?? "Unknown shader compile error";
+    gl.deleteShader(shader);
+    throw new Error(message);
+  }
+
+  return shader;
+}
diff --git a/renderer/layers.ts b/renderer/layers.ts
index a2f44ac..6d6e05c 100644
--- a/renderer/layers.ts
+++ b/renderer/layers.ts
@@ -3,23 +3,24 @@ import type { Layer } from "@core/layer";
 import type { ViewportState } from "@editor/state";
 import { resolveTransformTargetBounds } from "@editor/transform-targets";
 import { clearScreenRect } from "./clear-rect";
+import type { ImageTextureRenderer } from "./image-textures";
 import { documentRectToScreenRect } from "./screen-rect";
 import type { RgbaColor, WebGlRendererContext } from "./types";
 
 const imageLayerColor: RgbaColor = [0.38, 0.42, 0.5, 1];
 const imageLayerInsetColor: RgbaColor = [0.48, 0.54, 0.64, 1];
 
-export function renderLayers(context: WebGlRendererContext, document: ImageDocument, viewport: ViewportState) {
+export function renderLayers(context: WebGlRendererContext, document: ImageDocument, viewport: ViewportState, imageTextureRenderer: ImageTextureRenderer) {
   for (const artboard of document.artboards) {
-    for (const layer of artboard.layers) renderLayer(context, document, viewport, layer);
+    for (const layer of artboard.layers) renderLayer(context, document, viewport, layer, imageTextureRenderer);
   }
 }
 
-function renderLayer(context: WebGlRendererContext, document: ImageDocument, viewport: ViewportState, layer: Layer) {
+function renderLayer(context: WebGlRendererContext, document: ImageDocument, viewport: ViewportState, layer: Layer, imageTextureRenderer: ImageTextureRenderer) {
   if (!layer.visible) return;
 
   if (layer.type === "group") {
-    for (const child of layer.children) renderLayer(context, document, viewport, child);
+    for (const child of layer.children) renderLayer(context, document, viewport, child, imageTextureRenderer);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ function renderLayer(context: WebGlRendererContext, document: ImageDocument, vie
   if (!bounds) return;
 
   const rect = documentRectToScreenRect(context.canvas, bounds, viewport);
+  const asset = document.assets.find((candidate) => candidate.id === layer.assetId);
+  if (asset && imageTextureRenderer.render(asset, rect)) return;
+
   clearScreenRect(context, rect, imageLayerColor);
   clearScreenRect(context, { x: rect.x + 4, y: rect.y + 4, w: Math.max(0, rect.w - 8), h: Math.max(0, rect.h - 8) }, imageLayerInsetColor);
 }
diff --git a/renderer/renderer.ts b/renderer/renderer.ts
index 65f9d75..c47033b 100644
--- a/renderer/renderer.ts
+++ b/renderer/renderer.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ImageDocument } from "@core/document";
 import type { EditorState } from "@editor/state";
 import { renderArtboard } from "./artboard";
+import { createImageTextureRenderer } from "./image-textures";
 import { renderLayers } from "./layers";
 import { renderSelectionOverlay } from "./selection";
 import { renderTransformControls } from "./transform-controls";
@@ -29,9 +30,20 @@ export function createRenderer(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, backend: RendererBacke
   }
 
   const rendererContext: WebGlRendererContext = { gl: context, canvas };
+  let lastFrame: RenderFrame | undefined;
+  let rerenderQueued = false;
+  const imageTextureRenderer = createImageTextureRenderer(rendererContext, () => {
+    if (!lastFrame || rerenderQueued) return;
+    rerenderQueued = true;
+    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      rerenderQueued = false;
+      if (lastFrame) renderer.render(lastFrame);
+    });
+  });
 
-  return {
+  const renderer: ImageRenderer = {
     render(frame) {
+      lastFrame = frame;
       const { w, h } = frame.editor.viewport.size;
 
       if (canvas.width !== w) canvas.width = w;
@@ -46,13 +58,17 @@ export function createRenderer(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, backend: RendererBacke
       for (const artboard of frame.document.artboards) {
         renderArtboard(rendererContext, artboard, frame.editor.viewport);
       }
-      renderLayers(rendererContext, frame.document, frame.editor.viewport);
+      renderLayers(rendererContext, frame.document, frame.editor.viewport, imageTextureRenderer);
 
       renderSelectionOverlay(rendererContext, frame.document, frame.editor);
       renderTransformControls(rendererContext, frame.document, frame.editor);
 
       context.disable(context.SCISSOR_TEST);
     },
-    dispose() {},
+    dispose() {
+      imageTextureRenderer.dispose();
+    },
   };
+
+  return renderer;
 }