Grant Gilliland

  • Bio:

    Grant Gilliland is an illustrator and character designer based out of San Francisco, California. He spends most of his free time thinking about funny proportions and animals with personalities. He can also lift about 500 sharpies, no spotter.

    Grant grew up in Dayton, Ohio, where he spent about 90% of his time reading Juxtapoz magazine or drawing cartoons when he was supposed to be doing math homework. Grant's disinterest in school ended abruptly after enrolling at The Columbus College of Art & Design, where he earned his Illustration BFA in 2005.

    A post-grad illustration career was initiated with the launch of Grant's blog The Gross Uncle in 2006. Serving as a platform for his wild style and humorous writing, the blog garnered him interest from early clients like JibJab and SF Weekly. Teaming up with Scott Hull Associates in 2007, Grant has since worked with major clients such as Weekly Reader, The United States Postal Service, Christopher Chadbourne and Associates, and Frog Design.

  • Clients Include:

    SF Weekly
    SF Station
    JibJab
    Weekly Reader

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  • September 2006


    Me and Edward James Olmos down by the schoolyard

    September 29, 2006

    Heads, fingers, candy, etc…important stuff.

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    Besides the goiter, she’s quite a girl!

    September 28, 2006

    There better be some Sanka in that, boy!

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    Nowadays I use my old star track shoes to eat pudding out of

    September 27, 2006

    Gross Uncle and loving child. Quickie heads. Park fun. Links for today!http://www.rdomm.com/http://www.lovelifebags.com/staging/FF/main.htmlhttp://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php

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    The cops would have never found me if I wasn’t wearing my loud zippy corduroys!

    September 26, 2006

    John at grad school, 1996.

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    Lord Mattington Takes A Bath

    September 25, 2006
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    I really only feel complete when i’m playing foosball, doc.

    September 24, 2006

    Hey could you speak up a bit Larry, I can’t hear you over the motor on this massage machine!

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    Recess activities often ended with one or more swingset related decapitations

    September 21, 2006

    My friend Boris left his tech support job in March to pursue his dream of being a plus-sized puppy wear model.

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    High school clubs I liked included botany, latin, and euthanasia 101

    September 20, 2006

    The first day of school.

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    Let’s not get caught up in who has gout and who doesn’t

    September 19, 2006

    Tuesday smells of wet dog and Purina chow. Also, I spotted this fellow a couple of days ago. He was sitting in a coffee shop on 24th and Folsom across from a girl most likely half his age. He kept gesturing and raising his voice at her, and when I was close enough to hear [...]

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    Things to do on your summer vacation that don’t involve recovering from scurvy

    September 18, 2006

    Mom and Pop were swallowed alive by a whale two years ago. Sometimes they send me letters, but I have no idea where to mail my responses.

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    Meet a man who revolutionized the art of vending machine theft

    September 17, 2006

    I met Eddy Fingerton on a road trip to Canada at a Wisconsin truck stop while buying a souvenir coffee mug. Eddy, who was ahead of me in the checkout line, was arguing with the woman behind the register about the ten cent price increase on a bag of Brach’s circus peanut candies. Fingerton made [...]

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    Time capsule contents included two pb&j sandwiches, a Wham! tape, and footie pajamas

    September 14, 2006

    We were never really sure what Saul kept in the jar, all we know is we would periodically catch him opening the lid and arguing in Spanish with whatever was inside. Once I was pretty sure he passed whatever was inside a signed contract and then lit a cigarette and threw it inside, winking. He [...]

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    If Elton John offered me a private concert, i’d probably say "Oh, that’s ok i’m busy"

    September 13, 2006

    Our neighbors have a cat named Randolph Mullins who runs a nationally syndicated radio program (programme) that plays every morning at 4:45am on NPR. Topics include: -Puking up grass and then eating it again-Mutilating mice, moles, and shrews-Rush Limbaugh-Cuban cigars-How to make little protective helmets out of old tin cans and/or orange peels-Places in the [...]

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    Walter "Waltzing Walnuts" Winford, husband of the year

    September 12, 2006

    While dining at “LeDubose” (pronounced La Doo-bwaa), Walter realized that he had misplaced his wallet. Unwilling to leave for fear of losing his choice table, he he thought of several ways that he could stay and enjoy his meal at the fine establishment which did not involve any legitimate currency. 1.) Fake a seizure after [...]

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    The line for the "Best Fake Seizure" competition starts here

    September 11, 2006

    My cat and I met on a park bench one sunny afternoon in July. I heard T-Rex coming from his headphones, and I knew we’d be friends for life. I am still pretty mad at him for stealing my girlfriend, but if I want our band to succeed, I can’t just kick him out because [...]

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    ‘Round these parts, we pick our elected officials based on forehead size

    September 10, 2006

    Suddenly, the film was no longer of interest to father.

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    No i’ve showered, that’s just this new "Olde Cheese" cologne i’m wearing

    September 9, 2006

    So what’s your name? Yeah…I go to school around here, it’s great. Oh, him? Yeah, he’s mine, his name is Rizzo…I picked him up at the SPCA yesterday, you know. He just loves his walkies in this park here. Hey, do you want to see my new van? Oh it’s cool, maybe later then or [...]

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    Someone please put on a Julia Child cooking video before I lose it

    September 8, 2006

    Billmur just hasn’t been the same since Ma ran away with the Gypsies and left behind all the cats.

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    My life is a book narrated by someone with a speech impediment

    September 7, 2006

    And now a word from the author… “I spilled mustard on my trousers this afternoon in a small spat with the water wench at a Denny’s…Therefore, I found it in my best interest to sit for this portrait sketch without them. It was a Thursday.”-Oliver “Yellowpants” Stainsworthy, 2006.

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    Hold on, this might be the green light for my ninja movie

    September 6, 2006

    Uncle Vincent at the Labor Day barbeque, moments from hearing his new flick “Supermarket Ninjas” was going to be produced. I felt pretty bad about hitting him with the frisbee, especially since when it hit him, he spurted out a sexist remark and then faced our cat into the ranch dip while still on the [...]

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