Bad art?

[James Goodman 960]

Anyone else noticing the quality of the art work in newer Starfinder releases going downhill? I’m seeing a lot of amateurish looking images. Galactic Magic has some pretty low budget looking art throughout….

[Leon Aquilla]

Starfinder is 2nd priority for Paizo and has been for a couple years now. Its purpose was fulfilled with the success of Pathfinder 2e and while they're not going to turn their nose up at a secondary revenue stream, they're going to have to limp along on a reduced budget, that includes pagecount, releases per year, and art.

[Driftbourne]

I like most the art in Starfinder. Sure there are a few individual art pieces once in a while I don't like as much. A few of the gods in Galactic Magic could have been better, but overall I like the art in Starfinder.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

I tried, but probably too low for this DC.

[Driftbourne]

I don't use Twitter, but I recently found the Starfinder Reddit. It seems both more friendly and active. There are new people there all most daily. It's very encouraging to see the game's player base growing.

I would find it hard to believe that Starfinder has the same budget or staff size as Pathfinder, so I don't think that's a conspiracy theory. I can see art consistency being hard when there are over 20 different artists per book. My copy of Drift Crisis Case Files hasn't shipped yet, so I haven't seen the art in that one yet.

I could do without the name calling on the forums here, even if it's not directed at me.

[Jonathan Morgantini]

Removed some posts and a quote that were personally attacking and off topic.

[Zwordsman]

I do not find the art to be bad or worse or anything like that. I just thoughtit was a seperate style than usual. Some influence by modern scifis rather than pulling from Pathfinder style or older scifi. probably due to using new folks or new companies (idk how they source their artwork)

I don't have any complaints or issues myself.