So this is a wild guess since I'm unable to look at the source but having the images loaded prior to rendering on canvas might provide a speed boost so less cha

So this is a wild guess since I'm unable to look at the source but having the images loaded prior to rendering on canvas might provide a speed boost so less chance ofnwaiting for images to load, and maybe there is a caching advantage you get by also having images in DOM? I'll dig into it tomorrow when I have a laptop to use.