一个步行周期有四个主要的姿势，它们的顺序非常重要。在这个2D动画教程中，Dermot O' Connor介绍了步行循环的基础知识。这些原则适用于任何动画专业的学生，无论他们使用的是什么软件。

首先，他回顾了姿势-接触点、底部，经过点和高点的知识，你需要时间、帧率和位置上做出创造性决定。(通常，行走循环可以在原地也可以在屏幕上运动)。在接下来的章节中，德莫特塑造了一个行走的轮廓线人物，还从前视图中绘制了它。这两个项目让你有机会学习动画技术的实际应用，比如创建姿势和中间帧，以及故障诊断曲线和时间的问题。

There are four primary poses of a walk cycle, and the sequence in which they are animated is very important. In this 2D animation tutorial, Dermot O' Connor provides an introduction to the basics of all walk cycles. The principles apply to any animation student, regardless of software.

First, he reviews the poses—contact, down, passing, and high point—and the creative decisions you have to make about timing, frame rates, and placement. (Traditionally, walk cycles can be animated in place or across the screen.) In the following chapters, Dermot animates a character walking in profile and also from a front view. These two projects give you opportunities to see animation techniques, such as creating poses and in-betweens and troubleshooting arcing and timing issues, in action.

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.