Any suggestions re simplest approach to make a simple animation for a simple handing playing a drum? It's for use in a mobile game using Corona SDK to what I need at the end of the day for Corona is an animation (set of images that form the animation).

So I'm just a 3D looking hand (perhaps arm) that will be lifted up off the desk, towards you (i.e. towards the camera so to speak) and then comes down and plays a drum (separate image), and then retracts back. I'll then dynamically call upon this animation whenever the drum is played in the game.

The hand could be a realistic looking hand, or just a cartoon, but with the 3D look when it taps the drum.

QUESTION: I'm on a Mac and wondering what is the simplest approach (tools & approach) to getting such an animation. Note I have Anime Studio Pro 9, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Spine. I tried downloading an OBJ hand model into Anime Studio but it didn't seem to really work.

I was thinking the simplest is to download/purchase a simple hand 3D model (from 3D Models for Professionals :: TurboSquid perhaps?) and import this into a 3D modelling tool (Blender?) and then ideally be able to animate it there and output a set of animation images. Would this be the best way? What software would I need for this? would Blender handle this?