diff --git a/src/sdl2/surface.rs b/src/sdl2/surface.rs
index b5e75bb5..3f5b4f6b 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/surface.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/surface.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,22 @@ impl Surface {
         }
     }
 
-    //TODO: From Data
+    pub fn from_data(data: &[u8], width: int, height: int, bpp: int, pitch: int,
+                     rmask: u32, gmask: u32, bmask: u32, amask: u32) -> SdlResult<Surface> {
+    
+        unsafe {
+            let raw = ll::SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom(
+                mem::transmute(data.as_ptr()), width as c_int, height as c_int,
+                bpp as c_int, pitch as c_int, rmask, gmask, bmask, amask);
+
+            if raw == ptr::null() {
+                Err(get_error())
+            } else {
+                Ok(Surface { raw: raw, owned: true })
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn get_width(&self) -> int {
         unsafe { (*self.raw).w as int }
     }
@@ -268,6 +283,18 @@ impl Surface {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn fill_rect(&mut self, rect: Option<Rect>, color: pixels::Color) -> SdlResult<()> {
+        unsafe {
+            let rect_ptr = mem::transmute( rect.as_ref() );
+            let format = self.get_pixel_format();
+            let result = ll::SDL_FillRect( self.raw, rect_ptr, color.to_u32(&format) );
+            match result {
+                0 => Ok(()),
+                _ => Err(get_error())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /*
     pub fn SDL_SetSurfaceAlphaMod(surface: *SDL_Surface, alpha: uint8_t) -> c_int;
     pub fn SDL_GetSurfaceAlphaMod(surface: *SDL_Surface, alpha: *uint8_t ) -> c_int;