i knew from the start that i wanted to use fluorescent light as the main light source because it is so ugly and everyone else was doing nice warm appetizing scenes. i wanted to set my entry apart from the rest.

i like to model, texture, and experiment with lighting all at the same time. the following sequence will show the evolution of the scene.

i used a string of 40 bulb lights set at 2.5 intensity with a fall off of 6ft (the scene is built to scale, with ft as the unit of measurement)

some of the test renders use the 40 light string, others just use one bulb light. you can tell the difference by how soft the shadow is by the toaster plug.