Showreel Site, Storyboard Approvals and Staged Invoices for Animation Studios

An animation studio can use Mythex to build its showreel website, a client portal where storyboards and animatics get approved stage by stage, and quotes that spell out revision rounds. Describe the studio and how a project runs, check the live preview, and publish with a real database holding projects, feedback and files.

Where animation projects go wrong, and what software can fix

A sixty-second explainer passes through script, storyboard, style frames, animatic, animation, sound and delivery. The client signs off at each step, in theory. In practice the marketing lead, the founder and three others reply on separate email threads, two of them contradict each other, and the late notes land after animation has started. The animation stage gets squeezed, the freelancer you needed is booked elsewhere, and the extra revision round never makes it onto the invoice. The studio needs each project's stage visible, one consolidated set of comments per stage from a named decision-maker, approvals on record, and money tied to those approvals.

A current stage and deadline on every project
Frame and timecode comments collected in one place
A recorded approval before the next stage starts
Freelancer availability next to staff workload
Quotes that state revision rounds and usage rights
Invoices tied to approved stages, not calendar dates

What you can build for animation studios

A review portal with one decision-maker per stage

Clients log in to see storyboard frames, style frames and the animatic, and leave comments pinned to a frame number or timecode. Each stage has an approve button that only the named decision-maker can press, so five reviewers can comment but one person signs off. Approval is stamped with the date, and the next stage unlocks. Final renders in every format sit in a downloads area at the end.

Build a client review portal for my animation studio. Each project has stages: script, storyboard, style frames, animatic, animation, sound and delivery. Clients log in, leave comments on a frame number or timecode, and one named approver per project signs off each stage, which unlocks the next. Final files go in a download section.

A studio site that opens on the reel

The showreel plays first, short and current. Case studies show the brief, the style frames and the finished film side by side. Services split into explainers, 2D, 3D and motion graphics, and a process page explains where client approval happens, which saves the conversation about changing the character design during animation.

Make a website for an animation studio. Put a short showreel at the top of the home page, then services for explainer videos, 2D, 3D and motion graphics. Add case studies showing the brief, style frames and final video, a page explaining our production stages and approval points, and an enquiry form.

Quotes priced by length, style and revision rounds

Set tiers by style and price per finished second or per minute, then add stages, the number of revision rounds included at each, delivery formats and usage rights. The client accepts online, and the accepted quote becomes the project with its stages already set up.

Create a quote app for an animation studio. Price by video length and style tier (motion graphics, 2D, 3D), list each production stage with the revision rounds included, delivery formats and usage rights, and let the client accept online. Turn an accepted quote into a project.

Freelancer bookings before the storyboard is signed

Animators, designers and freelancers are assigned to project stages by week, and the schedule shows each person's load. Freelancers' booked and free weeks sit beside staff, so you can book help as soon as a job is confirmed. Render and internal review time get their own blocks.

Build a scheduling app for my animation studio showing staff and freelancers by week, which project stage each person is on, freelancer availability, and render and review blocks. Warn me when someone is booked on two projects in the same week.

Staged invoices that follow approvals

A deposit on acceptance, a payment at storyboard sign-off, the balance on delivery. Revision rounds beyond those in the quote become a billable line automatically, agency work carries a purchase order number, and the invoice references the licence and usage terms agreed.

Make an invoicing app for an animation studio that raises a deposit invoice on quote acceptance, a second invoice when the storyboard is approved and a final one on delivery. Add extra revision rounds as billable lines, a PO number field for agencies and the usage rights from the quote.

Setting expectations before the first frame

Most fights about feedback start because the client never knew when changes were cheap and when they were expensive. Put your stages on the website, repeat them in the quote with revision rounds per stage, and enforce them in the portal with a single approver. A character redesign at the style-frame stage costs an afternoon; the same change after animation costs a week. When the software shows the stage and who signed it off, that conversation is short and friendly instead of tense.

Process page on the site
Revision rounds written into every quote
One approver per project in the portal

What to track after each project

Log estimated and actual hours per stage, plus freelancer costs. After three or four projects a dashboard will show where you underquote, usually revisions and the animatic. Ask Mythex for a dashboard that compares the two by stage and lists revenue by client and service type, so you can see whether 3D work or quick social cuts actually pay better.

Questions

Can clients comment on storyboards and animatics?

Yes. Upload frames or the animatic to the portal and clients leave comments tied to a frame number or timecode. All comments for a stage sit together, so the animator works from one list.

Can I host my showreel on the site?

Yes. You can upload the video to the project's file storage or embed it from where you already host it, such as Vimeo or YouTube. Keep it short and place it at the top of the home page.

Can quotes and invoices follow our stage payments?

Yes. Describe your payment stages in chat, for example deposit, storyboard and delivery, and Mythex builds the quote and invoice flow around them. Card payments need a payment provider on your own account.

Do I need a developer?

No. You describe what you want and change it by chatting. If someone on the team codes, Pro lets them edit the code, export it or push it to GitHub.

What does it cost?

A first version can be built and put live on Free, which hands out daily credits and needs no card. Pro is $25/month with more credits, a custom domain and code editing.

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