laburatory answered:

Thank yooou! I don’t know if I have too much of a process, but I use three methods. For sprites that are big, like trees, buildings, etc, I usually start painting with colors as if it was a regular drawing, and I slowly clean up the mess later:

For characters and smaller sprites, I usually draw the lineart first:

And for really big maps, it is sometimes easier to sketch them in paper first, and draw on top of it:

Also, to draw these sprites I use Aseprite (which is criminally cheap) and it has pixel-perfect lines, gradients, palettes, a timeline with onion skin, etc. I really recommend it!