As a junior in high school, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I gathered my random drawings and doodles and applied to Art Center College...

Sometimes people have things that cause them to do the same thing over and over again.  Invisible scripts.  Inherent trait X.  Hab...

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

A very non-serious .gif by Monkey for a serious post by Seal. What a silly Monkey. When I was seven years old, I started my first to-d...

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...

"When I was in high school I was advised that it's difficult to have an occupation doing something you like, and that it'...

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

Monkey here. Just a FYI, the illustration this week is a bit more graphic than usual and may be disturbing to sensitive readers.  I also tal...

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...

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...

So while we could talk about how our newest Mr. Owl silkscreen print is up in our shop , but today we wanted to focus on taking action. ...

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

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...

This past weekend Monkey + Seal took the long trip over to Kansas City for Spectrum Fantastic Art Live!  It was three days of being su...

"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...

Monkey here: So recently I've been dealing with a lot of artists recently in my various roles, and I've also been dealing with a l...

Today is Monkey + Seal's 7 year anniversary, so we'll be taking the day off to celebrate. We've decided to massage our own egos...