What's up with all the textures?

[trina_crys]

I'm not hating on textures for real. But it seems like everyone has stopped making brushes and started making textures. I don't get it myself. They are just cropped pics, anyone could do that themselves.

*edit*
Sorry if I seem to have insulted texture makers. I'm just going on what I've seen posted as textures.

Either way I miss the brushes people used to post.