There were around 70 illustrated ’tiles’ created in total. Here’s a selection of some of the instruments…
Instrument Groups: Brass, Classroom, Mixed Group, Plucked Strings, Strings and Wind… The style of illustrations lent themself well to being put together in various combinations as playful compositions!
Some of the illustrations relate to styles of music or other categories, rather than being instrument related…
For flexibility
The website features many different categories and music for different combinations and numbers of instruments. To add flexibility, I created a number of templates for the client to use and adapt themselves, by adding different instruments as required…
Beyond the illustrations...
As well as the illustrations, I was also asked to consult on styling for the website, which helped bring a coherent feel to the whole website.
Here’s an image of the 8Notes.com homepage, showing the illustrations in context:
Process
Pictured below are some of the sketches I produced for individual illustration tiles

















































