Echoes of the Garage

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November 4, 2025

“When Mick Jagger Answered the Door.”

Just another day on the job — and the day Mick Jagger opened the door himself. Working at the hotel, you see a lot of celebrities. You talk to them, help them, sometimes just pass them in the hall. At first, I’ll admit — it was exciting. But after a few months, it stopped being… Continue reading

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November 2, 2025

“Many Men, One Ice Cart”

A quiet night. An ice cart. 50 Cent’s bodyguard yelling at me. Didn’t end how he expected. Back when I worked as a houseman at a hotel in Beverly Hills, every night brought something different. Celebrities, chaos, weird little moments that stuck. This one night, I was out by the bungalows. I was twenty-two, maybe… 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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“When Mick Jagger Answered the Door.”

“Many Men, One Ice Cart”