I understand the style you're going for....I wear a similar style myself except I leave pretty much the entire 6 inches of length on the front and top and then have it tapered toward the back and sides. I think it's called the Undercut. I make it look very intentional that I have a big shock of hair in front and on top. My suggestion is either let the sides grow out some, or clip your sides down even further for a more stark, dramatic clearly intentional effect.