user21443: Where would I start if I would like to have a spider animation that I can put over a video of a person sleeping and have the spider crawl out of their mouth. 
I tried looking into Blender but that seems more for 3D models and less about animations.  

user1950: No, Blender does animation as well. Here's an example of a spider animated with it:



However rigging and animating a realistic octopod is not exactly the kind of project you'd start with as a newbie. There's a lot to learn.
But if you want to have a go, you could start with this tutorial on rigging a spider's leg in Blender:
https://www.blendernation.com/2011/03/16/how-to-rig-a-spider-leg-in-blender-2-5-tutorial/

21443: <p>Where would I start if I would like to have a spider animation that I can put over a video of a person sleeping and have the spider crawl out of their mouth. </p>

<p>I tried looking into Blender but that seems more for 3D models and less about animations.  </p>
 1950: <p>No, Blender does animation as well. Here's an example of a spider animated with it:
<div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j0dRP82EzLY?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>

<p>However rigging and animating a realistic octopod is not exactly the kind of project you'd start with as a newbie. There's a lot to learn.</p>

<p>But if you want to have a go, you could start with this tutorial on rigging a spider's leg in Blender:
<a href="https://www.blendernation.com/2011/03/16/how-to-rig-a-spider-leg-in-blender-2-5-tutorial/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.blendernation.com/2011/03/16/how-to-rig-a-spider-leg-in-blender-2-5-tutorial/</a></p>
