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Thanks for stopping by, @seckorama. :-)

I had similar experiences with Blender until I learned that I needed to learn how to stage things instead of how to do complex work in Blender. That made my artistic life a lot easier and Blender a more obedient slave. In the end, this also pushed up my learning curve.
Most of it is just stage magic. I really regret not knowing that from day one.