Happy 2014 everyone! We hope you all had a safe and fun NYE, whether that meant sleeping through it, raging at some club, or playing board...

Before you decorate the roof, you must first build the foundations of the house deep into the ground. In filmmaking, we call this “f...

Hi Friends! This will be our last post for 2012. Hope everyone has had a wonderful year, and we'll see you with new adventures in 2...

As an artist, it might seem frustrating at times to keep going.  If you are not getting the accolades or sales you want of your work, it c...

Hi all.  This is our annual Thanksgiving / Unthanksgiving / National Day Of Mourning post, where we take some time to focus on something t...

There is a myth among artists, that you are either “lazy” – “not creating as much as you should be” or you are a “hustler” – “always work...

  --> “Beautiful work!” Seal said to an artist who had a booth at APE. “Yeah, but I don’t do it full-time,” he countered, “I’...

Monkey talks a lot about business sometimes, but even more important over the course of your entire life is the art itself.  Too often w...

This weekend we'll be vending at the 11th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest.  Held in the SF County Fair Building at 9th an...

Often times we can get caught up in doing what we have to do, whether that's pay the bills, or cook dinner, or go to work.  We have ou...

When I was in high school, I told my school counselor that I wanted to be an art director. She handed me some pamphlets for technical s...

"I will not fail my friends..just a little bit more..." In our everyday lives, we often slide down the slippery slope of medi...

Some say that it's better to go it alone in life.  After all, you only have yourself to take care of, nothing to hold you down, and ...

Over the course of an artist's career, you may find yourself getting apathetic about art.  WHAT?  How can that be?  Art is my lifebl...

Whenever you hear artists talking about "breaking into the biz," the topic of style will undoubtably come up.  We guarantee tha...

Often times, when you're looking at the work of any "big name" commercial artist, you'll see a very distinct style.  S...

Monkey reads a lot of marketing and business blogs, courses, and books.  He makes sure he has a strong grasp on the business side of Monke...

"If you try and give it your best shot, then the possibility isn't zero" This weekend, Monkey and Seal will be on a pla...

And that's vegan, gluten-free mushroom pizza, if you were wondering. Here at Monkey + Seal, we're all about chasing dreams - mo...