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November 16, 2025

“Fear or rain”

Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Saturday, November 15, 2025 — 8:05 a.m. My dad makes me laugh. He’s terrified of the rain. He tells me, “Está lloviendo fuerte… don’t go out, don’t get wet. We’ll go sell somewhere later.” And I’m standing there like, “Bro, why would I just clean up to sit here… Continue reading

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October 28, 2025

You Don’t Have to Wait for the Storm

Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Sunday, October 19, 2025 — 4:39 p.m. El Mercadito, East L.A. There’s a woman who always buys from me. She’s in her forties — kind eyes, warm smile, a little tired. Her mother usually runs a stall here at El Mercadito, but she’s in Mexico right now, getting treatment.… 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.

#everydaylife

“Fear or rain”

You Don’t Have to Wait for the Storm