First, thank you all so much for the kind words! Truly honoured to receive such praise from such skilled mapmakers!

I agree about the borders being too stark, that was purely for functionality - its primary use is as a reference for my players. They need to be able to look at it and know immediately what is where.

IN SAYING THAT, part of the reason I had it look like that is because I had no frame of reference for drawing district borders on a colour map. Unless I've seen somebody else do it well (which almost always results in me stealing/copying ideas directly from Schley and Torstan), I just end up making something haphazard on the fly. So, if any of you could suggest any good examples of district borders on city maps, I would greatly appreciate it and make the corrections right away!

And thanks so much for all the rep!