Since the latest patch I've been having this issue http://steamcommunity.com/id/Thommyballs/screenshot/852730823151983927

These black areas appear in every map I've been on since the latest patch, in new and old save games, with and without mods installed/enabled. You can still interact with items and NPC's that are behind the blackness and they show up when you hold alt, but the black areas are permanent. The broken character portrait is new, that only showed up this morning