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This Must Be The Place: Hannah Warren's illustrations of cycling in London

Inspired by David Byrne’s book Bicycle Diaries, This Must Be The Place is a collection of illustrations by Hannah Warren of sites in London, travelled to and explored by bike. And it's also currently on display at Tokyobike on Tabernacle Street, London – until 30 May 2017.

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Illustration of a lively park scene with a castle in the background, featuring people cycling, running and relaxing among colourful trees, with pelicans by a waterside railing

Cycling is Hannah's main form of transportation around the capital and she enjoys the freedom of discovering new routes and interesting places. The exhibition features some of her favourites including Hampstead Pergola and Wapping Beach. The illustrations were sketched firstly on location and the drawn digitally in Photoshop with a limited but bright colour palette.

The four large (60x80cm) digital prints are for sale at £170 each with all proceeds going to London homeless charity St. Mungo's. They're also available to buy online via Hannah's shop. A3 archive prints are also available to buy at Tokyobike (priced at £25) and online.

Speaking of one of her illustrations, Wapping Beach, Hannah said: "If you can stomach cycling the cobbled roads that lead to it, the beach at low tide can be reached taking the steps to the right of the famous Prospect of Whitby Pub, or from the Thames Path a little further along.

"Carefully navigate the seaweed covered steps with or without your bike and you will find yourself at the place were in the 18th Century Pirates were hung by the neck, tarred and left to the tides. Today on the beach you’ll find whatever the Thames has thrown out of it’s waters including animal bones, Victorian polished glass bottles, skimming stones and the occasional lost shoe."

Discover more of Hannah's work at www.hannahwarren.com. Or follow her on Twitter or Instagram.

Illustrated London cityscape with colourful autumn trees, buildings including a church, and people cycling and walking amongst a palette of reds, blues and pinks
Colourful illustration by Hannah Warren of a multi-level London garden or green space with cyclists, trees, planters and geometric architectural elements in reds, pinks, blues and oranges
Illustration of cyclists on a beach with a shopping trolley and bicycle in the foreground, colourful waterfront buildings and boats across the water under a cloudy sky
Window display at Tokyobike showing Hannah Warren's This Must Be The Place exhibition poster with potted plant and bicycle visible behind glass
Hannah Warren's colourful London cycling illustrations displayed on a white wall above a row of parked bicycles at Tokyobike
Tokyobike shop interior displaying Hannah Warren's colourful illustrations on white walls, with various bicycles in cream, red and blue positioned throughout the white gallery space
Hannah Warren's exhibition of London cycling illustrations displayed on gallery walls with bicycles lined up in the foreground at Tokyobike
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