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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June 4, 2026

“I just wanted to go to the reading section”

I never really understood the point of school back then. What I remember most is the reading corner. Bean bags. Kid books. A quiet little area where I just wanted to exist. Continue reading

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childhood, Echoes of the Garage, imagination, Los Angeles, memory, nostalgia, reading, reflection
June 2, 2026

“Maybe fragments are enough sometimes.”

📓 May 21, 2026 — 10:36 a.m. Okay, I am trying to relax and sit here in my studio. I am going to reminisce about a moment in my past because I tend to always attack sadness head on. Maybe too often. ⸻ Back somewhere between 2009 and 2012, I was doing late-night deliveries in… Continue reading

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Echoes of the Garage, friendship, life moments, Los Angeles, memory, nostalgia, reflection, storytelling
April 12, 2026

“She asked me out… and I said no”

She asked me out. I said no. Not because I didn’t want to—but because I didn’t believe she could actually want me. Continue reading

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August 17, 2025

“Throw the ink over and over till there is art.”

Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Sunday, August 17, 2025 — 7:37 p.m. I got home a bit ago. Closed the door. I’m sitting in the dark—TV glow the only light. Like the glow inside a cave. My cave. YouTube chatter hums. The low drone of the A/C. Finally, I’m here in my… 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.

memory

“I just wanted to go to the reading section”

“Maybe fragments are enough sometimes.”

“She asked me out… and I said no”

“Throw the ink over and over till there is art.”