Faceset

...Just take the picture, crop/shrink it to fit a 42x42 square, and put it in the top-left of a 192x192 square. Save as 256 color bitmap.

You'll probably lose the skin tones though.

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Monster:

...Take that monster, clear the background from it and simply save as a 256 color bitmap. (Make sure it's under 240x240)