i recently bought pure gradients to go with my upper body textures, though I'm having some trouble getting to see my gradients.

my question is is this even possible, and if it is, what should i do to get them working. thank you

http://forum.toribash.com/showthread.php?t=34245

There's a thread made for that topic of yours.

Hope it helps.

unfortunately it doesn't aid in my problem because i can see the textures, but not the gradients

Are you sure that you activated your gradients? Go into Torishop and then Activated Items. Do you see Pure there?

Also in the thread I gave you there was a link :
http://forum.toribash.com/showthread.php?t=23392
Check it out, there's a paragraph for items.

yes

Textures cover up the legs and arms of your tori. If you have a full tex set you can only see them below you torso.

i have no leg textures though, only upper body.