You seem to be lumping a lot under the "animation" umbrella which is one specific discipline inside of game development. It sounds like you enjoy traditional art more than studying motion and making things move? So I would explore the various disciplines inside the industry a bit more. I wrote up some quick descriptions a…
My idea for my character is an orc ranger kind of character. Most of the face/body sculpting will be done in Character Creator, and clothes will be made in Marvellous Designer. I'll try to do the rest of it (the hair etc) in Blender.