diff --git a/artist/artutil/util.go b/artist/artutil/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2858dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artist/artutil/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Package artutil provides utility functions for working with graphical types
+// defined in artist, canvas, and image.
+package artutil
+
+import "image"
+import "image/color"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/tomo/artist"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/tomo/canvas"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/tomo/shatter"
+
+// Fill fills the destination canvas with the given pattern.
+func Fill (destination canvas.Canvas, source artist.Pattern) (updated image.Rectangle) {
+	source.Draw(destination, destination.Bounds())
+	return destination.Bounds()
+}
+
+// DrawClip lets you draw several subsets of a pattern at once.
+func DrawClip (
+	destination canvas.Canvas,
+	source      artist.Pattern,
+	bounds      image.Rectangle,
+	subsets     ...image.Rectangle,
+) (
+	updatedRegion image.Rectangle,
+) {
+	for _, subset := range subsets {
+		source.Draw(canvas.Cut(destination, subset), bounds)
+		updatedRegion = updatedRegion.Union(subset)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DrawShatter is like an inverse of DrawClip, drawing nothing in the areas
+// specified by "rocks".
+func DrawShatter (
+	destination canvas.Canvas,
+	source      artist.Pattern,
+	bounds      image.Rectangle,
+	rocks       ...image.Rectangle,
+) (
+	updatedRegion image.Rectangle,
+) {
+	tiles := shatter.Shatter(bounds, rocks...)
+	return DrawClip(destination, source, bounds, tiles...)
+}
+
+// AllocateSample returns a new canvas containing the result of a pattern. The
+// resulting canvas can be sourced from shape drawing functions. I beg of you
+// please do not call this every time you need to draw a shape with a pattern on
+// it because that is horrible and cruel to the computer.
+func AllocateSample (source artist.Pattern, width, height int) canvas.Canvas {
+	allocated := canvas.NewBasicCanvas(width, height)
+	Fill(allocated, source)
+	return allocated
+}
+
+// Hex creates a color.RGBA value from an RGBA integer value.
+func Hex (color uint32) (c color.RGBA) {
+	c.A = uint8(color)
+	c.B = uint8(color >>  8)
+	c.G = uint8(color >> 16)
+	c.R = uint8(color >> 24)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/artist/color.go b/artist/color.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1729447..0000000
--- a/artist/color.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package artist
-
-import "image/color"
-
-// Hex creates a color.RGBA value from an RGBA integer value.
-func Hex (color uint32) (c color.RGBA) {
-	c.A = uint8(color)
-	c.B = uint8(color >>  8)
-	c.G = uint8(color >> 16)
-	c.R = uint8(color >> 24)
-	return
-}
diff --git a/artist/pattern.go b/artist/pattern.go
index c2caa5c..2f5bf4e 100644
--- a/artist/pattern.go
+++ b/artist/pattern.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package artist
 
 import "image"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/tomo/canvas"
-import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/tomo/shatter"
 
 // Pattern is capable of drawing to a canvas within the bounds of a given
 // clipping rectangle.
@@ -13,49 +12,3 @@ type Pattern interface {
 	// using canvas.Cut() to draw only a specific subset of a pattern.
 	Draw (destination canvas.Canvas, bounds image.Rectangle)
 }
-
-// Fill fills the destination canvas with the given pattern.
-func Fill (destination canvas.Canvas, source Pattern) (updated image.Rectangle) {
-	source.Draw(destination, destination.Bounds())
-	return destination.Bounds()
-}
-
-// DrawClip lets you draw several subsets of a pattern at once.
-func DrawClip (
-	destination canvas.Canvas,
-	source      Pattern,
-	bounds      image.Rectangle,
-	subsets     ...image.Rectangle,
-) (
-	updatedRegion image.Rectangle,
-) {
-	for _, subset := range subsets {
-		source.Draw(canvas.Cut(destination, subset), bounds)
-		updatedRegion = updatedRegion.Union(subset)
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// DrawShatter is like an inverse of DrawClip, drawing nothing in the areas
-// specified by "rocks".
-func DrawShatter (
-	destination canvas.Canvas,
-	source      Pattern,
-	bounds      image.Rectangle,
-	rocks       ...image.Rectangle,
-) (
-	updatedRegion image.Rectangle,
-) {
-	tiles := shatter.Shatter(bounds, rocks...)
-	return DrawClip(destination, source, bounds, tiles...)
-}
-
-// AllocateSample returns a new canvas containing the result of a pattern. The
-// resulting canvas can be sourced from shape drawing functions. I beg of you
-// please do not call this every time you need to draw a shape with a pattern on
-// it because that is horrible and cruel to the computer.
-func AllocateSample (source Pattern, width, height int) canvas.Canvas {
-	allocated := canvas.NewBasicCanvas(width, height)
-	Fill(allocated, source)
-	return allocated
-}