# Portrait style review

## Completed fictional-source example

Date: October 23, 2026. One fictional portrait generation and one monochrome edit with the built-in image tool in Codex. No model identifier was exposed. No separate ChatGPT app session, all-prompt test or biometric likeness score.

Source: /static/blog/portrait-style-study-source.webp
Candidate: /static/blog/portrait-style-study-monochrome.webp
Both original canvases: 1672 x 941 pixels.

Allowed change: restrained black-and-white tonality only.
Keep: face shape, age, smile, hair/beard, glasses, clothes, pose, framing and light direction.
Observed: color removed; broad pose, glasses and shirt layout remain similar. Forehead lines, beard strands and fabric ridges look more pronounced. This is not an untouched-face claim.
Decision: style candidate only. For a color-only conversion of a real portrait, use a regular editor's tonal adjustment on the original rather than unnecessary generation.

## Your own review

- Source file and authorization:
- Intended use and final crop:
- Model/mode actually used and date:
- One allowed change:
- Features/details to preserve:
- Exact instruction and settings:
- Unexpected changes at equal display size:
- Decision: keep / revise / restart:
- Person pictured approved the result:
- Final file dimensions: