A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/MotionDesign: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
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This is a home for motion designers and artists of every software background. People come here to share inspiration, swap ideas, ask questions, and show off current projects and reels. The description sums up the loop as design, show, critique, and repeat, so the community expects a back and forth, not just broadcasting. If you make things move on a screen, this is your room, and the welcome covers designers and artists rather than one specific tool.
A good post here is motion design first. Show a reel, a finished piece, or a work in progress, and say something about how you made it. Asking for critique is explicitly welcome, so a post that ends with a real question about your work fits the room. If you are a founder, the safest shape is to share something you actually made, like a tool, a template, or an animation built with your product, and talk about the craft rather than the sale. Inspiration posts work too, as long as you add your own take or a question that gets people talking.
There are no published rules listing specific bans, so the honest answer is that the main risk is irrelevance. A post with nothing to do with motion design, a pure advertisement with no work or question attached, or a drive by link dump all go against the spirit of a place built for sharing, critiquing, and repeating. The moderator one liner asks you to keep posts relevant and be helpful, so treat anything that helps nobody as the thing to avoid.
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The community displayed no published rules, so promotion is not explicitly banned or allowed. The moderator one liner says to keep posts relevant to motion design and be helpful, so any promotion should be wrapped in genuine work, a project story, or a request for feedback.
No published rule restricts links. Since the community exists to showcase work and share inspiration, a link to your reel, project, or portfolio fits naturally, while a bare link with no context does not.
Nothing in the rules or description addresses AI content either way. The safest read is that the community cares about the craft, so be upfront about how a piece was made and treat it like any other work you would show.
Yes. The description explicitly invites people to show off their reels, and the design, show, critique, and repeat loop means critique is part of how the place works.
No. The description says no matter what your programs of choice are, this is the place to showcase your work and ideas.