Where to start?

I'd like to do character/creature animation in Blender but I guess before I can run, I'll have to learn how to walk. So where do I begin?  Do I go like : 1=drawing with pencil, 2=drawing in 3d, 3=animation with pencil, 4=animation in 3d?

It's all a lot to think about but I don't really know what to learn first.