Echoes of the Garage

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January 22, 2026

“What If Today Was My Last Day?”

I’m tired and disappointed, but I’m choosing to make the day count—writing, drawing, saving, and building anyway. Continue reading

Journal

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January 13, 2026

“I’m Unhappy — So I’m Going Into Overdrive”

I’m frustrated, but clear: three reps a day this week—money, art, body. No dead days. No negotiations. Continue reading

Daily Prompt

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October 29, 2025

“I Wanted Motion.”

🎥 Filmed after the journal — same night, same motion. Sometimes the story doesn’t end with words. 📓 Tuesday, October 28, 2025 — 5:25 p.m. Driving through the industrial heart of Los Angeles — Central Avenue and 14th Street. To my right, a Shell station. To my left, brick buildings dressed in graffiti like layered memories.… 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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“What If Today Was My Last Day?”

“I’m Unhappy — So I’m Going Into Overdrive”

“I Wanted Motion.”