The Ultimate Invoicing for Freelance Motion Designers

You’ve just exported the final render. The client loves it. The countless hours spent perfecting keyframes, textures, and timing have paid off. Now, for the final, soul-crushing task: creating the invoice.

You open up your "invoice_template" file, the one you painstakingly designed in Illustrator or Photoshop. The process begins. First, you manually change the old client’s name and address to the new one. Then, you hunt for your last invoice to figure out the new invoice number-is it #087 or #088? You update the date. You carefully edit every line item, cross-referencing your project notes and emails to make sure you’ve included the cost of that extra revision round.

Finally, after triple-checking everything, you export it as a PDF, attach it to an email, and hit send. You’ve just spent around 30 minutes of your valuable, non-billable time being a manual data-entry clerk.

**What Your Client Actually Wants from Your Invoice**

When your invoice lands in a client’s inbox-whether they're in New York or London-they are not admiring your typography. They are a busy professional looking for three simple things:

Who is this from?
How much do I owe?
How do I pay it?

A flashy, over-designed invoice can actually slow them down. They need a clear, professional, internationally recognized document that gives them the essential information without any distraction. Your brand is showcased through your brilliant motion work, not the layout of your invoice.

The Real Problem Isn't Design, It's Disconnection

The real stress of invoicing doesn’t come from the design; it comes from the chaotic, manual process you’re forced to endure.

You're a detective, not an artist: You’re digging through emails and project files to remember the exact deliverables, the cost of that extra revision round, and the agreed-upon payment terms.
You're a manual data-entry clerk: You're copying and pasting every line item, risking typos and errors that can delay your payment for weeks.
You're a stressed-out bookkeeper: You have a separate spreadsheet where you manually color-code rows to track which invoices are paid, which are pending, and which are terrifyingly overdue. It’s an anxiety-inducing system that is guaranteed to fail.

This entire process is a time-consuming, unprofessional mess. And it's completely unnecessary.

The Solution: A System That Converts Projects to Payments

Professional motion designers don't waste time designing invoices. They use a system that makes invoicing the simple, final step of their project workflow. They value clarity and efficiency over custom layouts.

This is the entire philosophy behind iggzy. It was built to solve this exact problem for freelancers like you.

1. One-Click, Project-to-Invoice Conversion
This is the game-changer. Within iggzy, you manage your entire motion design project. When it's complete, you don’t create an invoice from scratch. You click a single button: "Generate Invoice." All the project details—the client, the line items for storyboards, animation, and revisions—are pulled in automatically and accurately. What used to take you 30 minutes of administrative hell now takes 5 seconds.

2. Smart, Invoice Tracking
Stop using a "payment status" spreadsheet. The iggzy dashboard is your single source of truth. It automatically shows you the real-time status of every invoice:

Which are outstanding?
Which have been viewed by the client?
Which are paid?
Which are pending?
You never have to guess or manually update a cell again. This clarity gives you peace of mind and complete control over your cash flow.

3. The One Professional Template You'll Ever Need
iggzy provides one clean, professional, internationally-standard invoice template. We made this decision intentionally to save you time. It has your logo, your details, and everything your client needs to pay you quickly. No more wasting an hour debating between "Modern Blue" and "Minimalist Grey."

Your time is billable. Stop giving it away for free to administrative tasks that a smart system can do for you in seconds.

You are a motion designer, a highly skilled creative professional. It’s time to start using a tool that treats you like one.

Upgrade your workflow and get your time back. Start your free 14-day trial of iggzy.app today.