Just did a tiny consulting job - essentially speedrunning @qgis print composer for academic multi panel figure making.
...with a little intuitive geo guessing and a sprinkle of composition/ visual flow theory.
Result?
A year long pain point solved in a few hours.
I'm more than happy to do full day workshops on this - consider hiring me as part of your next writing retreat / conference. Can also work with matplotlib/cartopy and Inkscape ;)