Men’s Textured Crop with Low-Mid Skin Fade – Front Side and Back Views

Create a **premium-quality, ultra-realistic men’s barber hairstyle reference board** showing the **same young adult man in four clear views**: **front view, left-side profile, right-side profile, and back view**.

If I upload my own photo, use it as the **only and absolute facial identity reference**. Preserve my real identity naturally and accurately. The uploaded photo is for **identity preservation only**; do not copy its original hairstyle, clothing, pose, expression, lighting, crop, or background.

## Identity Preservation — Highest Priority

Preserve my real:

- face shape and natural facial proportions
- forehead shape and natural hairline
- eyebrows
- eye shape, size, color, eyelids, and spacing
- nose shape, bridge, width, projection, and tip
- lips and natural mouth shape
- cheek structure
- jawline and chin
- ears
- skin tone and realistic skin texture
- age appearance
- facial hair pattern
- natural head, neck, and shoulder proportions

Do **not** beautify, slim, sharpen, reshape, age-smooth, or artificially modify my face. Avoid pasted-face results, face-swap artifacts, mismatched head size, excessive facial symmetry, plastic skin, or unrealistic facial reconstruction.

## Hairstyle — Match This Reference Look

Create a clean, modern **short textured crop / short side-part haircut with a low-to-mid skin fade**.

The hairstyle should feature:

- approximately **4–6 cm of hair on top**
- slightly longer hair toward the front
- top hair styled diagonally toward one side with a subtle side-part direction
- natural textured strands rather than perfectly flat combed hair
- soft volume through the front and upper crown
- neat, slightly lifted front section
- dense dark-brown to nearly black hair
- natural matte finish with very little shine
- individual strands clearly visible
- controlled, professional barber styling
- no exaggerated quiff
- no long fringe
- no undercut disconnect

### Fade

Create a precise **low-to-mid skin fade**:

- almost skin-close around the lower temples, sideburn area, ears, and lower nape
- gradually transition from skin → very short stubble → darker hair
- smooth seamless blending with no harsh lines
- fade reaches approximately the middle portion of the sides
- slightly more hair retained around the upper sides
- clean temple area
- sharply finished but natural-looking neckline
- symmetrical blending on both sides

The transition between the longer top and faded sides should remain **soft and professionally blended**.

## Four-View Layout

Create a clean **2 × 2 barber reference board**.

### Top Left — Front View

Show the man facing directly toward the camera.

Clearly display:

- complete front hairline
- textured top
- subtle side-part direction
- both temple fades
- overall haircut width and silhouette
- natural forehead and facial proportions

Keep the head level with a neutral, relaxed expression.

### Top Right — Left-Side Profile

Rotate the head exactly **90° to show the left side**.

Clearly display:

- left temple fade
- fade progression around the ear
- side-to-top blending
- top length
- forward-to-side styling direction
- natural crown transition
- clean sideburn area

Keep the ear fully visible.

### Bottom Left — Right-Side Profile

Rotate exactly **90° in the opposite direction to show the right side**.

Clearly display:

- right temple fade
- fade around the ear
- side-to-top blending
- top texture and length
- natural contour of the haircut
- clean sideburn and neckline transition

The haircut must remain perfectly consistent with the front and left-side views.

### Bottom Right — Back View

Show the head directly from behind.

Clearly display:

- crown shape
- back texture
- gradual fade through the occipital area
- skin fade at the lower nape
- smooth transition toward the crown
- clean, natural neckline
- symmetrical left-right blending

Do not show the face in the back panel.

## Consistency Requirement

All four panels must clearly show the **same person and exactly the same haircut**.

Keep identical:

- hairline
- hair density
- hair color
- top length
- texture
- fade height
- fade gradient
- crown shape
- head shape
- ear shape
- skin tone
- facial hair
- neck proportions

Do not accidentally create four slightly different haircut variations.

## Clothing

Dress the subject in a simple **plain black crew-neck T-shirt or black barber cape** with no logos, graphics, jewelry, or distracting accessories.

## Background

Use a minimal **soft light-gray / neutral studio background**.

The background should be:

- clean
- uncluttered
- softly blurred
- identical across all four panels
- slightly brighter than the dark hair and clothing for clear separation

## Lighting

Use professional barber/editorial portrait lighting:

- large diffused softbox lighting
- soft frontal illumination
- subtle directional light revealing hair texture
- natural facial shadows
- controlled highlights along individual hair strands
- no harsh flash
- no dramatic colored lighting

## Camera & Image Quality

Use the appearance of a professional **85mm portrait lens**, approximately **f/2.8–f/4**, with realistic perspective and very high detail.

Prioritize:

- photorealistic skin
- individual hair strands
- accurate fade gradients
- realistic pores
- natural facial texture
- sharp haircut detail
- professional barber-photography quality
- realistic depth and proportions
- no AI-generated distortions

Frame each panel from approximately the **upper chest / shoulders upward**, leaving enough space around the entire hairstyle so no part of the hair or head is cropped.

The final image should look like a **luxury professional barber consultation/reference board**, created specifically so a barber can accurately understand the haircut from the **front, left, right, and back**.

### Avoid

Avoid long hair, pompadour, exaggerated quiff, disconnected undercut, high fade, bald top, curly hair, wet-look styling, excessive gel, messy fringe, asymmetrical fade, inconsistent hair length between views, duplicated facial features, distorted ears, warped head shape, oversmoothed skin, cartoon appearance, CGI appearance, or unrealistic AI artifacts.