There is a big difference in resource type when comparing a texture to a background. A texture is directed at a specific item and can be used with only that item. As such it should be made available as a single download unless there are multiple similar textures all for the same character being provided at once. Backgrounds on the other hand are just images that can be pasted behind a character either on a flat plane, cyclorama, or even dropped in after the fact in a paint program. They are so generic in their use that it is only right that multiple similar items be grouped to avoid cluttering the website.

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