Thanks for the compliments Dan that style was fun and looked good but maintaining it was a total pain in the arse (getting a goatee to look symmetric on an asymmetric face is on par with squaring the circle)… another reason I'm going for something more natural this time. Both the Balbo and the Hollywoodian are styles I had considered too, the latter in particular is my second fallback if the full beard fails and the sideburns start looking unsightly past a certain length.

By the way I've always wondered, anyone know why it's called Hollywoodian? Immediate association would be with cinema and actors but I can't think of any examples offhand… nor do you see many around, which is a pity as it's a very neat style IMO.