Maybe what we like doing is also linked, in some part, to our background.  I too came to 3D art from photography, a hobby that has stayed with me for over 40 years and I can still follow with the limitations old age places on my body.  This means that my interest is in the 2D image, in fact 3D is only really an extension to photography in many ways.  My other interest is Sc-Fi and again this interest goes way back.  3D allows me to 'photograph' my visions of the future or to try an portray an emotion without the hiring of a model.  To this degree the hobbies complement each other.

As to criticism well even if it is justified it can be done with dignity and not thinking the seller is an idiot or just on the make is a good starting point.  I remember working in a camera shop where a customer brought back a zoom lens where the zoom ring was far from smooth.  The customer was abusive from the start both about me as a sales person and the equipment we sold.  After he had calmed down I took the lens from him and tried it, he was right.  I did not have another lens of the same type in stock but offered the customer and upgrade free of charge.  Some what surprised the customer accepted and I even threw in a lens cleaning kit because of the trouble the faulty lens had caused the customer, something I would have done anyway.  He was full of praise when he left but how much better it would have been if he had started politely and only resorted to anger if the situation really warranted it.  Not only would it have been better for me and the other customers in the shop but it would have had less effect on the complaining customer's blood pressure as well.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.