Echoes of the Garage

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November 27, 2025

“Sense of responsibility with a slight, unusual calmness”

A strange calmness hit me today. Not motivation… responsibility. From walking Simba at 6 a.m. to revisiting the failures that shaped me, I finally understood why I broke — and why I’m rebuilding. Continue reading

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November 13, 2025

“The Closest Place to Heaven I’ve Ever Found”

I prefer the beach. When I was younger, I used to drive there late at night — pitch black, couldn’t see my own hand, but I could hear the waves. That distant crash would light up the darkness like a lighthouse. The moon would hit the water just right and suddenly the ocean felt alive.… 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.

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“Sense of responsibility with a slight, unusual calmness”

“The Closest Place to Heaven I’ve Ever Found”