Cityscapes drawing tutorial for Adobe Illustrator

Another inspirational digital illustration tutorial from ComputerArtMagazine

"Illustrating city scenes can be simple, but creating an idyllic place is often tricky. Ben the Illustrator, aka Ben O’Brien, uses Illustrator to create subtle effects and creative techniques that will bring a cityscape to life
You’ve ambled around London’s backstreets, sauntered through beautiful European capitals and stood awestruck at majestic American skylines. You’ve snapped your photos, but how do you take the atmosphere, architecture and soul of a city and put it into an illustration?" Full tutorial and files