[helios_invictus]

When this book was published in 1996 this sort of model for reference/inspiration was very common in the graphic design world. I had access to a library of books like this. Part of my job was to either work with an art buyer to get the art into production (having all ready done the production from the CD-ROM) or create a suitable replacement if we couldn't get a good price/were feeling cheap.

[xmprt]

Piggybacking on this, here's a relevant video about the history of texture CDs and where a lot of old game textures come from.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsCN0Yx2Vbs