diff --git a/lib/rubella/output/ascii.rb b/lib/rubella/output/ascii.rb
index 514af0b..de9bc54 100644
--- a/lib/rubella/output/ascii.rb
+++ b/lib/rubella/output/ascii.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+require "rubella/output/base"
+
 module Rubella
   module Output
 
-    class ASCII
+    class ASCII < Base
       attr_accessor :symbols
       attr_reader   :used_symbols
 
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ module Rubella
         @symbols["numbers"] =
                   [" ", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"]
 
-        @field_size   = field_size
         self.used_symbols = "shades_ascii"
+        super field_size
       end
 
       def used_symbols= value
@@ -30,19 +32,18 @@ module Rubella
       end
 
       def create storage
-        parsed_list = storage.data
-        buckets = parsed_list[0].length
-        columns = parsed_list.length
+        buckets = storage.data[0].length
+        # columns = storage.data.length
 
         # image size
-        x = columns*@field_size
-        y = buckets*@field_size
+        # x = columns*@field_size
+        # y = buckets*@field_size
 
         # start drawing the damn thing
         ascii_arr = [] 
         0.upto(buckets).each { |i| ascii_arr[i] = "" }
 
-        parsed_list.each do |point|
+        storage.data.each do |point|
           i = 0
           point.reverse.each do |part|
             part = (part*10).to_i       
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ module Rubella
           end
         end
 
-        ascii_arr.join("\n")
+        @data = ascii_arr.join("\n")
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/rubella/output/base.rb b/lib/rubella/output/base.rb
index 841d91f..42e2a81 100644
--- a/lib/rubella/output/base.rb
+++ b/lib/rubella/output/base.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ module Rubella
   module Output
 
     class Base
+      attr_accessor :field_size
+      attr_reader   :data
+
+      def initialize field_size = 15
+        @field_size = field_size
+      end
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/lib/rubella/output/image.rb b/lib/rubella/output/image.rb
index a84fcb1..cbcb6d1 100644
--- a/lib/rubella/output/image.rb
+++ b/lib/rubella/output/image.rb
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
+require "rubella/output/base"
 require 'RMagick'
 
 module Rubella
   module Output
 
-    class Image
-      attr_accessor :field_size
-
-      def initialize field_size = 15
-        @field_size = field_size
-      end
+    class Image < Base
 
       def create storage
-        parsed_list = storage.data
-        buckets = parsed_list[0].length
-        columns = parsed_list.length
+        buckets = storage.data[0].length
+        columns = storage.data.length
 
         # image size
         x = columns*@field_size
@@ -23,7 +18,7 @@ module Rubella
         loadImg = Magick::Image.new(x, y) { self.background_color = "white" }
 
         i = 0
-        parsed_list.each do |point|
+        storage.data.each do |point|
           j = 0
           point.reverse.each do |part|
             # draw a red rectangle on the white background
@@ -45,7 +40,7 @@ module Rubella
           i = i + 1
         end
 
-        loadImg.display
+        @data = loadImg
       end