diff --git a/shader_src/texture.frag b/shader_src/texture.frag
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bbc581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shader_src/texture.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#version 450
+
+layout(location = 0) in vec3 fragColor;
+layout(location = 1) in vec2 fragTex;
+
+layout(location = 0) out vec4 outColor;
+
+void main() {
+    outColor = vec4(fragTex, 0.0f, 1.0);
+}
diff --git a/shader_src/texture.vert b/shader_src/texture.vert
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df9d222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shader_src/texture.vert
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#version 450
+
+layout(binding = 0) uniform UniformBufferObject {
+  mat4 view;
+  mat4 proj;
+} ubo;
+
+layout(location = 0) in vec3 inPosition;
+layout(location = 1) in vec3 inColor;
+layout(location = 2) in vec2 inTex;
+
+layout(location = 0) out vec3 fragColor;
+layout(location = 1) out vec2 fragTex;
+
+void main() {
+  gl_Position = ubo.proj * ubo.view * vec4(inPosition, 1.0);
+  fragColor = inColor;
+  fragTex = inTex;
+}
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 73c8ee4..ef62c29 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -112,12 +112,20 @@ typedef struct VulkanContextStruct {
   void**                scene_ubo_ptrs;
 
   Mesh triangle_mesh;
+  Mesh triangle_mesh_textured;
   Material simple_mesh_material;
+  Material texture_mesh_material;
 
   uint32_t current_frame;
 } VulkanContext;
 
-struct Vertex{
+struct TextureVertex {
+  vec3 pos;
+  vec3 color;
+  vec2 tex;
+};
+
+struct Vertex {
   vec3 pos;
   vec3 color;
 };
@@ -132,12 +140,17 @@ const struct Vertex vertices[] = {
   {.pos = { 0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f}, .color = {0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f}},
   {.pos = { 0.5f,  0.5f, 0.5f}, .color = {0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f}},
   {.pos = {-0.5f,  0.5f, 0.5f}, .color = {1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f}},
-  {.pos = { 0.5f,  0.5f, 1.0f}, .color = {0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f}},
-  {.pos = {-0.5f,  0.5f, 1.0f}, .color = {1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f}},
+};
+
+const struct TextureVertex texture_vertices[] = {
+  {.pos = {-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f}, .color = {1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f}, .tex = {0.0f, 1.0f}},
+  {.pos = { 0.5f, -0.5f, 0.5f}, .color = {0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f}, .tex = {1.0f, 0.0f}},
+  {.pos = { 0.5f,  0.5f, 0.5f}, .color = {0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f}, .tex = {1.0f, 1.0f}},
+  {.pos = {-0.5f,  0.5f, 0.5f}, .color = {1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f}, .tex = {0.5f, 0.5f}},
 };
 
 const uint16_t indices[] = {
-  2, 1, 0, 0, 3, 2, 5, 4, 3,
+  2, 1, 0, 0, 3, 2,
 };
 
 const char * validation_layers[] = {
@@ -1363,7 +1376,36 @@ VkFence* create_fences(VkDevice device, VkFenceCreateFlags flags, uint32_t count
   return fences;
 }
 
-Mesh load_mesh(VkPhysicalDevice physical_device, VkDevice device, struct Vertex* vertices, uint32_t vertex_count, uint16_t* indices, uint32_t index_count, VkCommandPool transfer_pool, VkQueue transfer_queue) {
+Mesh load_texture_mesh(VkPhysicalDevice physical_device, VkDevice device, struct TextureVertex* vertices, uint32_t vertex_count, uint16_t* indices, uint32_t index_count, VkCommandPool transfer_pool, VkQueue transfer_queue) {
+  Mesh mesh = {};
+  mesh.vertex_buffer.buffer = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+  mesh.vertex_buffer.memory = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+  mesh.index_buffer.buffer = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+  mesh.index_buffer.memory = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+
+  AllocatedBuffer vertex_buffer = create_populated_buffer(physical_device, device, (void*)vertices, sizeof(struct TextureVertex) * vertex_count, transfer_pool, transfer_queue, VK_BUFFER_USAGE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT);
+  if(vertex_buffer.memory == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+    return mesh;
+  }
+
+  mesh.vertex_buffer = vertex_buffer;
+  mesh.vertex_count = vertex_count;
+
+  AllocatedBuffer index_buffer = create_populated_buffer(physical_device, device, (void*)indices, sizeof(uint16_t) * index_count, transfer_pool, transfer_queue, VK_BUFFER_USAGE_INDEX_BUFFER_BIT);
+  if(index_buffer.memory == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+    deallocate_buffer(device, vertex_buffer);
+    AllocatedBuffer tmp = { .memory = VK_NULL_HANDLE, .buffer = VK_NULL_HANDLE};
+    mesh.vertex_buffer = tmp;
+    return mesh;
+  }
+
+  mesh.index_buffer = index_buffer;
+  mesh.index_count = index_count;
+
+  return mesh;
+}
+
+Mesh load_simple_mesh(VkPhysicalDevice physical_device, VkDevice device, struct Vertex* vertices, uint32_t vertex_count, uint16_t* indices, uint32_t index_count, VkCommandPool transfer_pool, VkQueue transfer_queue) {
   Mesh mesh = {};
   mesh.vertex_buffer.buffer = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
   mesh.vertex_buffer.memory = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
@@ -1452,6 +1494,100 @@ Material create_material(
   return material;
 }
 
+Material create_simple_mesh_material(VkDevice device, VkExtent2D extent, VkRenderPass render_pass, VkDescriptorSetLayout scene_ubo_layout) {
+  VkShaderModule vert_shader = load_shader_file(2048, "shader_src/basic.vert.spv", device);
+  VkShaderModule frag_shader = load_shader_file(2048, "shader_src/basic.frag.spv", device);
+  VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo shader_stages[2] = {};
+  shader_stages[0].sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_CREATE_INFO_EXT;
+  shader_stages[0].stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT;
+  shader_stages[0].module = vert_shader;
+  shader_stages[0].pName = "main";
+
+  shader_stages[1].sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_CREATE_INFO_EXT;
+  shader_stages[1].stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT;
+  shader_stages[1].module = frag_shader;
+  shader_stages[1].pName = "main";
+
+  VkVertexInputBindingDescription bindings[1] = {
+    {
+      .binding = 0,
+      .stride = sizeof(struct Vertex),
+      .inputRate = VK_VERTEX_INPUT_RATE_VERTEX,
+    },
+  };
+
+  VkVertexInputAttributeDescription attributes[2] = {
+    {
+      .binding = 0,
+      .location = 0,
+      .format = VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT,
+      .offset = offsetof(struct Vertex, pos),
+    },
+    {
+      .binding = 0,
+      .location = 1,
+      .format = VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT,
+      .offset = offsetof(struct Vertex, color),
+    },
+  };
+
+  return create_material(device, extent, render_pass, 2, shader_stages, scene_ubo_layout, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, bindings, 2, attributes);
+}
+
+Material create_texture_mesh_material(VkDevice device, VkExtent2D extent, VkRenderPass render_pass, VkDescriptorSetLayout scene_ubo_layout) {
+  VkShaderModule vert_shader = load_shader_file(2048, "shader_src/texture.vert.spv", device);
+  if(vert_shader == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+    Material tmp = {};
+    return tmp;
+  }
+  VkShaderModule frag_shader = load_shader_file(2048, "shader_src/texture.frag.spv", device);
+  if(frag_shader == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+    Material tmp = {};
+    return tmp;
+  }
+  VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo shader_stages[2] = {};
+  shader_stages[0].sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_CREATE_INFO_EXT;
+  shader_stages[0].stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT;
+  shader_stages[0].module = vert_shader;
+  shader_stages[0].pName = "main";
+
+  shader_stages[1].sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_CREATE_INFO_EXT;
+  shader_stages[1].stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT;
+  shader_stages[1].module = frag_shader;
+  shader_stages[1].pName = "main";
+
+  VkVertexInputBindingDescription bindings[1] = {
+    {
+      .binding = 0,
+      .stride = sizeof(struct TextureVertex),
+      .inputRate = VK_VERTEX_INPUT_RATE_VERTEX,
+    },
+  };
+
+  VkVertexInputAttributeDescription attributes[3] = {
+    {
+      .binding = 0,
+      .location = 0,
+      .format = VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT,
+      .offset = offsetof(struct TextureVertex, pos),
+    },
+    {
+      .binding = 0,
+      .location = 1,
+      .format = VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT,
+      .offset = offsetof(struct TextureVertex, color),
+    },
+    {
+      .binding = 0,
+      .location = 2,
+      .format = VK_FORMAT_R32G32_SFLOAT,
+      .offset = offsetof(struct TextureVertex, tex),
+    },
+  };
+
+  return create_material(device, extent, render_pass, 2, shader_stages, scene_ubo_layout, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, bindings, 3, attributes);
+}
+
 VulkanContext* init_vulkan(GLFWwindow* window, uint32_t max_frames_in_flight) {
   VulkanContext* context = (VulkanContext*)malloc(sizeof(VulkanContext));
 
@@ -1688,43 +1824,7 @@ VulkanContext* init_vulkan(GLFWwindow* window, uint32_t max_frames_in_flight) {
     vkUpdateDescriptorSets(device, 1, &descriptor_write, 0, 0);
   }
 
-  VkShaderModule vert_shader = load_shader_file(2048, "shader_src/basic.vert.spv", device);
-  VkShaderModule frag_shader = load_shader_file(2048, "shader_src/basic.frag.spv", device);
-  VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo shader_stages[2] = {};
-  shader_stages[0].sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_CREATE_INFO_EXT;
-  shader_stages[0].stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT;
-  shader_stages[0].module = vert_shader;
-  shader_stages[0].pName = "main";
-
-  shader_stages[1].sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_CREATE_INFO_EXT;
-  shader_stages[1].stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT;
-  shader_stages[1].module = frag_shader;
-  shader_stages[1].pName = "main";
-
-  VkVertexInputBindingDescription bindings[1] = {
-    {
-      .binding = 0,
-      .stride = sizeof(struct Vertex),
-      .inputRate = VK_VERTEX_INPUT_RATE_VERTEX,
-    },
-  };
-  
-  VkVertexInputAttributeDescription attributes[2] = {
-    {
-      .binding = 0,
-      .location = 0,
-      .format = VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT,
-      .offset = offsetof(struct Vertex, pos),
-    },
-    {
-      .binding = 0,
-      .location = 1,
-      .format = VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT,
-      .offset = offsetof(struct Vertex, color),
-    },
-  };
-
-  Material simple_mesh_material = create_material(context->device, context->swapchain_extent, context->render_pass, 2, shader_stages, context->scene_ubo_layout, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, bindings, 2, attributes);
+  Material simple_mesh_material = create_simple_mesh_material(context->device, context->swapchain_extent, context->render_pass, context->scene_ubo_layout);
   if(simple_mesh_material.pipeline == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
     fprintf(stderr, "failed to create simple mesh material\n");
     return 0;
@@ -1732,13 +1832,30 @@ VulkanContext* init_vulkan(GLFWwindow* window, uint32_t max_frames_in_flight) {
     context->simple_mesh_material = simple_mesh_material;
   }
 
-  Mesh triangle_mesh = load_mesh(context->physical_device, context->device, (struct Vertex*)vertices, 6, (uint16_t*)indices, 9, context->transfer_command_pool, context->queues.transfer);
+  Material texture_mesh_material = create_texture_mesh_material(context->device, context->swapchain_extent, context->render_pass, context->scene_ubo_layout);
+  if(texture_mesh_material.pipeline == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "failed to create texture mesh material\n");
+    return 0;
+  } else {
+    context->texture_mesh_material = texture_mesh_material;
+  }
+
+  Mesh triangle_mesh = load_simple_mesh(context->physical_device, context->device, (struct Vertex*)vertices, 4, (uint16_t*)indices, 6, context->transfer_command_pool, context->queues.transfer);
   if(triangle_mesh.vertex_buffer.buffer == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
     fprintf(stderr, "failed to load triangle mesh\n");
+    return 0;
   } else {
     context->triangle_mesh = triangle_mesh;
   }
 
+  Mesh triangle_mesh_textured = load_texture_mesh(context->physical_device, context->device, (struct TextureVertex*)texture_vertices, 4, (uint16_t*)indices, 6, context->transfer_command_pool, context->queues.transfer);
+  if(triangle_mesh_textured.vertex_buffer.buffer == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "failed to load textured triangle mesh\n");
+    return 0;
+  } else {
+    context->triangle_mesh_textured = triangle_mesh_textured;
+  }
+
   return context;
 }
 
@@ -1937,8 +2054,8 @@ VkResult draw_frame(VulkanContext* context) {
   }
 
   uint32_t mesh_counts[] = {1};
-  Mesh* meshes[] = {&context->triangle_mesh};
-  result = record_command_buffer_scene(1, &context->simple_mesh_material, (uint32_t*)&mesh_counts, (Mesh**)meshes, context->scene_ubo_descriptors[context->current_frame], context->swapchain_command_buffers[context->current_frame], context->render_pass, context->swapchain_framebuffers[image_index], context->swapchain_extent);
+  Mesh* meshes[] = {&context->triangle_mesh_textured};
+  result = record_command_buffer_scene(1, &context->texture_mesh_material, (uint32_t*)&mesh_counts, (Mesh**)meshes, context->scene_ubo_descriptors[context->current_frame], context->swapchain_command_buffers[context->current_frame], context->render_pass, context->swapchain_framebuffers[image_index], context->swapchain_extent);
   if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
     return result;
   }