So I happened to stumble upon this: http://snakehillgames.com/spritelamp/ Which is related to this: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/finnmorgan/sprite-lamp-dynamic-lighting-for-2d-art Which if implented in Starbound, probably in a way later phase of the game, most likely post release due to all the extra work. But I'm conviced that it could result in a pretty sexy game. Just putting it out here.
I like that, adds depth to the aesthetics I think something like that exists for tiles, but I would love to see this for entities as well