Echoes of the Garage

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Reflexión

September 4, 2025

“Today — I sit here reminiscing in front of my TV”

English Version Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Wednesday, September 3, 2025 — 10:26 p.m. I’m sitting in my comfortable bluish armchair from Ikea, my laptop resting on the matching ottoman. It’s covered by one of my old t-shirts — I keep it there so my orange tabby, Simba, doesn’t turn the… Continue reading

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August 4, 2025

“Emotional Check-In — Why? ’Cause I’m Becoming”

Version in English Follow me on X: @punisherpapi · IG: @punisherpapi 📓 Sunday, August 3, 2025 – 10:07 p.m. I’m still sitting in this dimly lit room. It’s lit… lit… lit. And my mind is lit tonight for one reason only: I learned that I am whoever I say I am. The world told me who… 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.

Reflexión

“Today — I sit here reminiscing in front of my TV”

“Emotional Check-In — Why? ’Cause I’m Becoming”