I took a read of your intro, and anybody who has not and read this reply take a look at Hive account@elohprojects intro https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@elohprojects/eloh-projects-first-ambassador-of-the-visionary-art-movement-on-steemit
it is a good read, we look around the same age sean, and I can see the same love of depth of transformative concepts of the of artistic style of a psychonaut , grand work. and your right similar process, I like using 3d elements in my work because i can get some angles i can not get in 2D, then once i have all the images I need, the composite menagerie begins, and whoa I definitively understand the 80 hrs sometimes the weeks to place work in at getting an artistic piece just right, its the love of the work.