Echoes of the Garage

Fragments of life in Los Angeles — art, film, street stories, and the quiet rebuilding of a man. Start here: Best Of • About • Subscribe.

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February 3, 2026

“Real Life Graphics”

Stopped at a red light in East L.A. and the city turned gold. For a minute I got out of my head and actually saw the world—people, buses, buildings, and light. Continue reading

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September 7, 2025

“Hot as all kinds here in LA”

English Version 📓 Sunday, September 7, 4:03 p.m. Illustrated & written by Roberto Sanchez Sitting under the cool shade of a tree near Crenshaw… it’s been so hot. Decided to take a break. Slow day. Selling bags in LA can burn you out. Sometimes literally — when it’s in the 90s. Lately I’ve been asking myself: why… Continue reading

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About Me

I’m Roberto Sanchez — illustrator, writer, and delivery driver in Los Angeles.

By day, I sell plastic bags out of a van across South Central.

By night, I draw, write, and build my life brick by brick.

I graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 2022 with a BFA in Illustration, but art has never been just school to me. It’s survival, reflection, and expression. My illustrations come slow — patience is part of the work.

I live and create out of a converted garage.

That small room became Echoes of the Garage — the place where I put words, drawings, and the pieces of a life I’m rebuilding one step at a time.

Here you’ll find journal entries, Hood Chronicles, and visual experiments that try to capture the absurd, the painful, and the human in everyday life.

This is where I put it all: drawings, words, and fragments of a life in motion.

This site is where I put it all: drawings, words, and fragments of a life in motion.

city life

“Real Life Graphics”

“Hot as all kinds here in LA”