Hm, I guess I started somewhat around 2000 when RPG Maker was a thing. Used MSPaint and had no idea that pixelart was a thing, just wanted to make a game. Back then it was aweful and I did not know what I was doing. Then I learned doing music, went to art school (studied design later on) and taught myself programming, everything to make a game.
I started making "pixelart" in 2018, when I was in Australia for some time and back in indonesia. So more or less I did some art for myself when I was traveling around the world and I realized making a game took to much time to make so I decided to release it on itch.io
That's the story behind the pixelart I do nowadays. Still trying to make my own game ;)