学习动画的一种方法是学一个全能型的课程，这种课程在我们的数码教学图书馆就有。另一种方法是参与职培训，在工作中学习技巧。这门课会让你每周都学习到一些“在职”经验。每周二，作家德莫特·奥康纳(Dermot O' Connor)都会向我们展示一些动画专业人士用来节省时间和创造更引人注目的角色的技巧。学会使用延迟、过度和引导手势来创造更放松、更真实的动作;为男性和女性角色绘制不同的嘴巴形状;创造不同风格的步行，如蹒跚等等。

One way to learn animation is an all-in-one course, the kind you can find here in our library. The other path is on-the-job training, and involves picking up tips and tricks as you work. This course will give you that "on the job" experience in weekly doses. Every Tuesday, author Dermot O' Connor reveals a tip or trick that animation professionals use to save time and create more compelling characters. Learn to use delays, overshoots, and leading gestures to create looser, more realistic movement; draw different mouth shapes for male and female characters; create different styles of walks such as staggers; and more.

德莫特·奥康纳(Dermot O' Connor)曾在唐·布鲁斯(Don Bluth)、迪士尼(Disney)和华纳兄弟(Warner Bros)从事手绘和数码动画工作。

德莫特于1988年进入动画行业，为唐·布鲁斯在爱尔兰的工作室工作了五年。在此期间，他接受了传统手绘动画的培训。90年代中期，他为Capers Entertainment公司和迪斯尼互动工作室制作了CD-ROM互动游戏，参与了101只斑点狗、提蒙和彭彭等项目。2000年，他开始接触Flash，并开始为洛杉矶的华纳兄弟(Warner Bros.)和迪士尼(Disney)以及加拿大的Fatkat animation制作动画。

Dermot O' Connor has practiced hand-drawn and digital animation at Don Bluth, Disney, and Warner Bros.

Dermot entered the animation industry in 1988, working for Don Bluth's studio in Ireland for five years. During that time he was trained in traditional hand-drawn animation. In the mid-90s he directed CD-ROM interactive titles for Creative Capers Entertainment and Disney Interactive studios, working on such projects as 101 Dalmatians and Timon and Pumbaa. He was introduced to Flash in 2000 and began creating animation for Warner Bros. and Disney in Los Angeles, and Fatkat Animation in Canada. Dermot is currently completing his own 30-minute short film, completely animated with Flash.