Many thank-yous to Jason Wright of J Wright Design for his fresh and inspired help in filling a much-needed gap: he pointed out that Torley Textures would be more useful with preview sheets so someone can see what all the textures look like at-a-glance.

This is especially applicable in Second Life, where texture browsing can be a chore. Not just talking about it but doing something, Jason surprise-presented me with his initial designs! After some rounds of iterating and me noticing after all of this time, some of the Flickr sets were backwards alphabetically, he sent me the final revisions, and they're splendid. For example, for Volume IX:

Now when you get Torley Textures @ Here island, you'll notice a preview (aka "contact sheet") in every series' folder. As I mentioned, I've included them on the web too as well as the ultra-download of all texture packs IN ONE CLICK — but note that there is an inconsistency: "DREAMS" and "PLACEHOLDER" in the megapack do not have contact sheets as they fall out of the "regular" continuity. "DREAMS" is an inworld rarity and "PLACEHOLDER" is easy enough to discern — its distro kiosk is currently to the left of the regular Torley Textures, as shown here:

Without question, one of the major challenges I had was creating new volumes and making things consistent, then packaging them all tidily. In the future, if I make more Torley Textures — let me know if you want 'em! — I'll likely standardize 50 (or another fine number) per pack, and have more foresight insofar as planning.

Check out the J Wright Design website. It's a lot of fun (I've never seen such big, yet non-annoying LOADING text before), kinetic, and the hummingbirds are so eye-catching! Also of particular interest to me which I'd like to share with you is his blog post, "Why you DON'T need a local designer". Articulately-expressed — I intuitively resonate with his writing.

Enjoy ze textures!