About Lighthead.net
So what is this site exactly you may wonder? To be honest, I don’t really know. It’s existed since 2000 and evolved tons over the years. It serves multiple purposes. It’s a testing ground for web development, a portfolio, and maybe a little Picture Wars, a game developed with some friends of mine over 2 decades ago. Oh yeah it might also be a blog too but who knows.
History of Lighthead (the current general story)
In 2284, Earth faces a severe climate crisis, prompting the launch of the Supremor, a massive spaceship carrying 100+ scientists and specialists, towards a newly discovered habitable planet near Alpha Centauri. Among them is Ubunan Del Gruke, a theoretical physicist, who smuggles his nameless cat who would eventually become Ivius Lighthead, a manipulator of light.
Inspirations of what it would become
Lighthead started off in the crazy realm of Sonic the Hedgehog fanfiction. This was a story I wrote in my teenage years that would get to over 65,000+ words. Dr Lighthead was a villain that would take over after the defeat of Robotnik within the Archie Verse. I’ve since now pivoted on this idea but have yet to develop things further.
Early 1997
The idea all started with legos. I placed one of the light pieces on this guy’s head and then voila! Lighthead is born!
Nov 1997
This is his first drawn form. At that time, I didn’t really know it was going to be him… but later on I decided it would which is why there’s no light bulb there yet.
1998
Now he has a light bulb finally! All throughout 1998 I spend time developing him.
2003
Starting to get a more refined appearance. Finally some color!
2004
3D rendering in Lightwave.
2005
More refinement.
2006
Chibi Lighthead (Lighty)