Thank you! Old Blender was very intimidating. 😄 If you have not given it a try in a couple years but are still interested, it is much more intuitive now. Though it is definitely a different skillset than illustration, being creative is still useful. As an illustrator you may be most interested in the sculpting aspects. If you have not seen much on it, YanSculpts would be good to check out.
Thanks for the discovery curation!