Another progress shot; just decided to mock this up on a whim, (had actually meant to release earlier, but forgot ><

this shows the pretty radical change, particularly between the last two steps.
I'll leave advanced comments enabled, and do my best to answer any questions. Will likely release one of the earlier steps as a modification of my currently submitted Orphic II : The Stellar Shadows, as I know some of you don't love the red

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I don't really like the last one at all, I don't like the blown out colors or the lose of details. The second to last one is probably the nicest from a visual standpoint, although I'm not a fan of the ring (halo thing)
In a way, I like the 4th one down the most, I like this position of the sun.
I also think a little color variation would be nice, at least selectively to bring certain things out that you would want, it's a little hard at this res to tell, but it looks a tiny bit 1 dimensional.
Ok, that's my advanced critique