[hardwired]

Code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;

public class OverlappingImages extends JPanel {
    BufferedImage bgImage;
    BufferedImage fgImage;

    OverlappingImages(BufferedImage[] images) {
        bgImage = images[0];
        fgImage = images[1];
    }

    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        int x = 100;
        int y = 100;
        g.drawImage(bgImage, x, y, this);
        x = 150;
        y = 150;
        g.drawImage(fgImage, x, y, this);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        String[] ids = { "--g--", "---h-" };
        String prefix = "images/geek/geek";
        String ext = ".gif";
        BufferedImage[] images = new BufferedImage[ids.length];
        for(int i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {
            String path = prefix + ids[i] + ext;
            images[i] = ImageIO.read(new File(path));
        }
        OverlappingImages test = new OverlappingImages(images);
        JFrame f = new JFrame();
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.add(test);
        f.setSize(300,300);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
}