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Idk what tools you've tried but there are some that are pretty easy to use. I personally enjoy LibrePCB, but I think Fritzing might be easier and it even has a protoboard thing that's really cool.
One thing I'd suggest, is learning how to do the schematics stuff first (if you don't yet,) I feel like this is what helps the most in understanding these tools. I don't have an electronics background, so this was holding me back at the beginning, now I find them super intuitive.
As a side note, be careful with those acids - aside of being dangerous to handle, disposing them improperly is super destructive to the environment.
The schematics are no problem for me, I've been drawing those by hand since the '80s.
It's the steps between that and generating the Gerbers that mess up my mind.