gogo anime 

Always begin in 2D! Draw your model on a piece of (digital) paper and sketch out your animation first. Working in 3D can be very time consuming without a plan.

Do a storyboard with the most important images - the storytelling pictures - of your animation and make a film out of them that roughly shows the timing.

Use your drawings as reference for modeling. The next step is to texture your models and color them with a shader.