I happened to notice one of my old maps was on the front page tonight (in that widget thingie that displays random maps). I'd made it for a challenge back in 2016, and had actually forgotten all about it in truth. But ... I do remember that particular challenge was quite tricky and a lot of fun, and thought it might be fun to revisit it.

It was based on an idea from Neyjour, and s/he supplied the palettes of colours that we used. The gist of it is... pick one colour palette from the choices offered and make a map using only the colours in your chosen palette. Link to the original challenge is below.

https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ad.php?t=35368

We could do it again with Neyjour's palettes, same as before, or, to mix things up a bit, we could perhaps try with some different palettes. I'm open to ideas on this, but... just as a suggestion... maybe selecting one of these sites as the basis for palette choices?

https://wesandersonpalettes.tumblr.com/
https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/25...color-palettes

Choice of palettes aside, I'd suggest sticking with the original rules which, after a bit of discussion, were as follows (copied from Diamond's original post, mostly):

1. Pick a color palette from the selection. Your map must be based on these colours.
2. Post the palette in the first post of your thread.
3. You must use EVERY color in the palette, and you CANNOT use any other color.
4. Try your best to stick to these colours as much as you can. Yes, it's possible to manipulate colours with layer blends/opacity etc, and you can do that. BUT... don't spend all your time trying to find ways to change your colours or introduce new ones that aren't in the palette. The point is to work with a strictly limited set of colours, so try to go with the spirit of the challenge as much as you can. Just don't cheat too much, ok!

It's quite hard to work with limited colours, but hard in a fun way, if that makes sense. I remember really enjoying this challenge, and it would be fun to try again.