--The guidelines to the challenge--
We're already half way through the month of November, so I'd like to suggest an easy but rewarding challenge. Some of my favorite pixel art when I was growing up came from Phantasy Star III, particularly the menu portraits. My challenge would be to pixel a portrait using the limitations of that game:
Canvas Size: 64x64px
Palette Size: 12 colors
Background: Solid color, no scenery.
End Date: Friday, November 30th. 11:59 est
The forum topic is here
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Some examples that Iain provided from Phantasy Star III (great game by the way):



More examples can be found here
Once again I apologize for forgetting about posting this month's challenge. This one should be fun, and fairly doable in the two weeks that are left, so get pixeling.
Also, Thanks very much Iain.
You may want to keep a topic around where people can suggest challenges for the next month, instead of you having to come up with one on the fly each time.