first:
study and memorize the principles or animation
idea
script
thumbs and sketches
story boards
pencil and animation bound
keys, breakdowns, inbetweens
pencil test
clean up
cell painting
final shoot
u don't need some fancy program to animate. a real animator would use anything that could make drawings/poses move.
example:
"flip books"
puppets
clay.
our main goal as animators is to tell a story through the successive movement of drawings/poses. no dialogue is required, although, nowadays, is mandatory (pfft!)
i am willing to teach u the principles of animation. even if what ur trying to do is just for fun, u will still need to know the basics or u'll get lost. feel free to message me.