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.

self worth

May 24, 2026

“I think I’m finally coming online”

I spent years assuming I was built to be rejected. Looking back now, I realize my self-image was far harsher than reality. Continue reading

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confidence, Echoes of the Garage, identity, insecurity, personal growth, relationships, self worth
May 19, 2026

“I never realized I didn’t know how to love myself”

📓 Thursday, May 14, 2026 — 5:37 p.m. 💬 Question What’s a moment where you realized someone loved you… but didn’t really know how to show it correctly? ⸻ I’ve tried in the past to write in a way that sounded entertaining enough to read. Because I never saw myself as a “real writer.” ⸻… Continue reading

Journal

Echoes of the Garage, gratitude, healing, mental health, personal growth, reflection, self love, self worth

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.

self worth

“I think I’m finally coming online”

“I never realized I didn’t know how to love myself”