Chater creating process

I have basic knowledge of Unity but I had never been interested in the characters creation, but now I need it, I and I have the presonages but not know how to animate it, put on bones and then what??? or what are the steps or someone has a tutorilal that can give to me ,

PD: Using Maya

Have you ever looked it up? I know about Blender tutorials at blender.org, Blender is a free program!