diff --git a/rpi/antRender.py b/rpi/antRender.py
index 94b3ad8..a594042 100644
--- a/rpi/antRender.py
+++ b/rpi/antRender.py
@@ -113,8 +113,20 @@ for alpha in range(0,11):
     mouth = points_left_mouth + mirror_points(points_left_mouth)
     face = left_eye + right_eye + nose + mouth
     
+    print("start gen image")
+    startTa = curr_time = round(time.time()*1000)
     interpolated_face_image = generate_image_from_point_array(face, 128, 32)
+    endTa = curr_time = round(time.time()*1000)
+    print("gen image took: " + str(endTa - startTa) + " ms")
+    blinkFrameCanvases.append(offscreen_interpolated_canvas)
+    
+    print("start populating matrices for each blink frame")
+    startTa = curr_time = round(time.time()*1000)
+    
     offscreen_interpolated_canvas.SetImage(interpolated_face_image, unsafe=False)
+        
+    endTa = curr_time = round(time.time()*1000)
+    print("populating matrices for each blink frame took: " + str(endTa - startTa) + " ms")
     blinkFrameCanvases.append(offscreen_interpolated_canvas)
     
 endT = curr_time = round(time.time()*1000)