I actually like the effects as they exist because they look like paint superimposed on the world, but I also agree with these ideas and would like them in addition. I'm also hoping we get some very flashy and colorful abilities like the butterfly thing Krile was doing. I mean, I want that specifically, almost like a psuedo-DNC Step where we twirl around and fling magic paint everywhere doing something. I posted this previously in a thread that seems to have gotten nuked, so here again is the best I can express my enthusiasm for the concept of pictomancer: