diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index edf0c13..0e46049 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,5 +25,16 @@ npm run test
 npm run lint
 ```
 
-### Customize configuration
-See [Configuration Reference](https://cli.vuejs.org/config/).
+# TODO / Roadmap
+
+* Load Blobs when about to use image in document
+* Unload Blobs when images are no longer used in document
+* Change layer order
+* Save output to file
+* Use magnification (document size is relative to available screen size)
+* Add zoom
+* Restore project by selecting folder from file system
+* Transformation matrix (old Cropbox)
+* Paint brush
+* Clone brush
+* Full screen mode
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index b9c50bc..1e7d35b 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@
     <div id="app">
         <h1 v-t="'nicephore'"></h1>
         <file-selector />
-        <canvas />
+        <document-canvas />
     </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import Vue from 'vue';
-import VueI18n from 'vue-i18n';
-import FileSelector from '@/components/file-selector/file-selector';
-import Canvas from '@/components/canvas/canvas';
-import messages from './messages.json';
+import Vue            from "vue";
+import Vuex           from "vuex";
+import VueI18n        from "vue-i18n";
+import FileSelector   from "@/components/file-selector/file-selector";
+import DocumentCanvas from "@/components/document-canvas/document-canvas";
+import store          from "./store";
+import messages       from "./messages.json";
 
+Vue.use( Vuex );
 Vue.use( VueI18n );
 
 // Create VueI18n instance with options
@@ -22,9 +25,10 @@ const i18n = new VueI18n({
 
 export default {
     i18n,
+    store: new Vuex.Store( store ),
     components: {
         FileSelector,
-        Canvas,
+        DocumentCanvas,
     },
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/src/components/canvas/canvas.vue b/src/components/canvas/canvas.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index bd3c5e9..0000000
--- a/src/components/canvas/canvas.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-    <div>
-        <canvas ref="canvasContainer" />
-    </div>
-</template>
-
-<script>
-import { canvas } from 'zcanvas';
-
-const width = 400, height = 300;
-let zCanvas;
-
-export default {
-    mounted() {
-        zCanvas = new canvas({
-            width,
-            height,
-            animate: true,
-            smoothing: true,
-            stretchToFit: false,
-            fps: 60
-        });
-        zCanvas.insertInPage( this.$refs.canvasContainer );
-    },
-};
-</script>
diff --git a/src/components/document-canvas/document-canvas.vue b/src/components/document-canvas/document-canvas.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7534d04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/document-canvas/document-canvas.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<template>
+    <div>
+        <div ref="canvasContainer" />
+    </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { mapGetters }     from 'vuex';
+import { canvas, sprite } from 'zcanvas';
+
+const width = 400, height = 300;
+let zCanvas;
+
+export default {
+    computed: {
+        ...mapGetters([
+            'document',
+        ]),
+    },
+    watch: {
+        document: {
+            deep: true,
+            handler({ layers }) {
+                if ( !layers ) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                layers.forEach( layer => {
+                    if ( !layer.visible ) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    // TODO: change detection
+                    layer.graphics.forEach(({ bitmap, x, y, width, height }) => {
+                        const graphic = new sprite({
+                            bitmap, x, y, width, height
+                        });
+                        graphic.setDraggable( true )
+                        zCanvas.addChild( graphic );
+                    });
+                });
+            },
+        },
+    },
+    mounted() {
+        zCanvas = new canvas({
+            width,
+            height,
+            animate: true,
+            smoothing: true,
+            stretchToFit: false,
+            fps: 60
+        });
+        zCanvas.insertInPage( this.$refs.canvasContainer );
+    },
+};
+</script>
diff --git a/src/components/file-selector/file-selector.vue b/src/components/file-selector/file-selector.vue
index 802e133..a0a808e 100644
--- a/src/components/file-selector/file-selector.vue
+++ b/src/components/file-selector/file-selector.vue
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import { loader } from 'zcanvas';
-import messages from './messages.json';
+import { mapGetters, mapMutations, mapActions } from "vuex";
+import { loader } from "zcanvas";
+import messages   from "./messages.json";
 
 const ACCEPTED_IMAGE_TYPES = [ "image/png", "image/gif", "image/jpeg" ];
 
@@ -19,7 +20,19 @@ export default {
     data: () => ({
         acceptedImageTypes: ACCEPTED_IMAGE_TYPES,
     }),
+    computed: {
+        ...mapGetters([
+            'layers',
+        ]),
+    },
     methods: {
+        ...mapMutations([
+            "addLayer",
+            "addGraphicToLayer",
+        ]),
+        ...mapActions([
+            "addImage",
+        ]),
         async handleFileSelect({ target }) {
             const files = target?.files;
             if ( !files || files.length === 0 ) {
@@ -33,9 +46,13 @@ export default {
                 // load the image contents using the zCanvas.loader
                 // which will also provide the image dimensions
                 try {
-                    const imageElement = reader.result;
-                    const { image, size } = await loader.loadImage( imageElement);
-                    this.addImage({ file, imageElement, size });
+                    const imageSource = reader.result;
+                    const { image, size } = await loader.loadImage( imageSource );
+                    const { source }      = await this.addImage({ file, image, size });
+                    // TODO: the below is test code
+                    image.src = source;
+                    this.addLayer();
+                    this.addGraphicToLayer({ index: this.layers.length - 1, bitmap: image });
                 } catch {
                     // TODO: show warning
                 }
diff --git a/src/factories/document-factory.js b/src/factories/document-factory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ce3fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/factories/document-factory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import LayerFactory from './layer-factory';
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new Document (project which contains
+ * all layers and image content)
+ */
+export default {
+    create() {
+        return {
+            layers: [ LayerFactory.create() ],
+        };
+    },
+};
diff --git a/src/factories/graphic-factory.js b/src/factories/graphic-factory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad0661f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/factories/graphic-factory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Creates a graphic to be displayed within the
+ * layer of a Document
+ */
+export default {
+    /**
+     * @param {HTMLImageElement} bitmap
+     * @param {Number=} x position of the bitmap within the layer
+     * @param {Number=} y position of the bitmap within the layer
+     * @param {Number=} width of the bitmap, defaults to actual bitmap width
+     * @param {Number=} height of the bitmap, defaults to actual bitmap width
+     */
+    create( bitmap, x = 0, y = 0, width = -1, height = -1 ) {
+        if ( width === -1 || height === -1 ) {
+            ({ width, height } = bitmap);
+        }
+        return {
+            bitmap, x, y, width, height
+        };
+    },
+};
diff --git a/src/factories/layer-factory.js b/src/factories/layer-factory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2ac14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/factories/layer-factory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Creates a new layer within a Document
+ */
+export default {
+    create( name = 'New Layer', graphics = [] ) {
+        return {
+            name,
+            graphics,
+            visible: true
+        }
+    },
+};
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 6b9125d..667ab00 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import App from './App.vue';
-import store from './store';
 // igorski.nl maintains its own service worker registration, if your
 // custom app requires PWA support, uncomment the following line
 //import './registerServiceWorker'
@@ -8,6 +7,5 @@ import store from './store';
 Vue.config.productionTip = false;
 
 new Vue({
-    store,
     render: h => h( App )
 }).$mount( '#app' );
diff --git a/src/store/index.js b/src/store/index.js
index c371687..8b64bf5 100644
--- a/src/store/index.js
+++ b/src/store/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-import Vue from 'vue';
-import Vuex from 'vuex';
-import image from './modules/image-module';
+import documentModule from './modules/document-module';
+import imageModule    from './modules/image-module';
 
-Vue.use( Vuex );
-
-export default new Vuex.Store({
+export default {
     modules: {
-        image,
+        documentModule,
+        imageModule,
     },
     state: {
 
@@ -17,7 +15,4 @@ export default new Vuex.Store({
     actions: {
 
     },
-    modules: {
-
-    }
-});
+};
diff --git a/src/store/modules/document-module.js b/src/store/modules/document-module.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4487c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/store/modules/document-module.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import Vue from 'vue';
+import DocumentFactory from '@/factories/document-factory';
+import LayerFactory    from '@/factories/layer-factory';
+import GraphicFactory  from '@/factories/graphic-factory';
+
+export default {
+    state: {
+        document: DocumentFactory.create(),
+    },
+    getters: {
+        document: state => state.document,
+        layers: state => state.document.layers,
+    },
+    mutations: {
+        addLayer( state ) {
+            state.document.layers.push( LayerFactory.create() );
+        },
+        addGraphicToLayer( state, { index, bitmap }) {
+            state.document.layers[ index ]?.graphics.push( GraphicFactory.create( bitmap ));
+        },
+    },
+    actions: {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/store/modules/image-module.js b/src/store/modules/image-module.js
index 4bcbf3b..4d3bb29 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/image-module.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/image-module.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import { imageToSource, disposeSource } from '@/utils/memory-util';
 
+/**
+ * Image module maintains a list of local image resources (selected from file system)
+ * that can be used within the application. It is separate from the document-module
+ * as the images are not necessarily used within the document (yet)
+ */
 export default {
     state: {
         images: [],
@@ -26,9 +31,11 @@ export default {
         /**
          * Registers an image for use in the application.
          */
-        async addImage( state, { file, imageElement, size }) {
-            const source = await imageToSource( imageElement );
-            state.images.push({ file, size, source });
+        async addImage({ state }, { file, image, size }) {
+            const source    = await imageToSource( image, file.type );
+            const imageData = { file, size, source };
+            state.images.push( imageData );
+            return imageData;
         },
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/memory-util.js b/src/utils/memory-util.js
index 8b00457..370e6ea 100644
--- a/src/utils/memory-util.js
+++ b/src/utils/memory-util.js
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ const { URL } = window;
  *
  * @param {HTMLImageElement} imageElement fully loaded image
  * @param {String=} type optional mime type, defaults to JPEG for photographic content
- * @param {Number=} optQuality optional JPEG compression to use (when mime is JPEG)
+ * @param {Number=} optQuality optional JPEG compression to use (when mime is JPEG) between 0 - 1
  * @return {String} Blob URL
  */
-export const imageToSource = async ( imageElement, type = "image/jpeg", optQuality = 90 ) => {
+export const imageToSource = ( imageElement, type = "image/jpeg", optQuality = .9 ) => {
     const { cvs, ctx } = createCanvas();
 
-    cvs.width  = imageElement.clientWidth;
-    cvs.height = imageElement.clientHeight;
+    cvs.width  = imageElement.naturalWidth  || imageElement.width;
+    cvs.height = imageElement.naturalHeight || imageElement.height;
 
     ctx.drawImage( imageElement, 0, 0 );
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/store/modules/image-module.spec.js b/tests/unit/store/modules/image-module.spec.js
index 398a03e..e649b11 100644
--- a/tests/unit/store/modules/image-module.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/store/modules/image-module.spec.js
@@ -35,18 +35,20 @@ describe('Vuex image module', () => {
     describe('actions', () => {
         it('should be able to store an image object in the images list', async () => {
             const state = { images: [] };
-            const image = {
+            const input = {
                 file: new Blob(),
-                imageElement: new Image(),
+                image: new Image(),
                 size: { width: 100, height: 100 }
             };
             mockUpdateFn = jest.fn(() => blobURL );
             const blobURL = 'blob://foo';
-            await actions.addImage( state, image );
+            const image = await actions.addImage({ state }, input );
             // assert image has been added to list
-            expect( state.images ).toEqual([ { file: image.file, size: image.size, source: blobURL } ]);
+            expect( state.images ).toEqual([ { file: input.file, size: input.size, source: blobURL } ]);
             // assert image data has been allocated as Blob
-            expect( mockUpdateFn ).toHaveBeenCalledWith( 'imageToSource', image.imageElement );
+            expect( mockUpdateFn ).toHaveBeenCalledWith( 'imageToSource', input.image );
+            // assert return data contains allocated Blob resource
+            expect( image ).toEqual( state.images[ 0 ]);
         });
     });
 });