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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  • March 2007


    Dance kitty, dance!

    March 31, 2007
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    Shot Cat Red

    March 30, 2007
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    Red floaty cat

    March 27, 2007
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    Regal Cat

    March 19, 2007
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    Floaty Cat and Pointy Dog

    Bird Stack Buddies

    March 18, 2007
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    These guys live above me

    March 16, 2007
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    Werbil Jamersom

    March 15, 2007
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    Man with gum + dog

    March 12, 2007

    pen and ink.

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    St.Patrick’s Day Parade

    March 10, 2007

    SF Weekly 3/14 issue.

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    Juxtapoz Online

    March 7, 2007

    I am currently featured in the Reader Art section of Juxtapoz.com, for all of you who follow what i’m saying. :::http://www.juxtapoz.com::: On the left hand side of the main page, I am sandwiched between a realistic painter and a photographer.

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    Splotchy Head©


    Say…You ever wake up in the middle of the night and find one of these just hovering slightly? In your closet, I mean. Perhaps it’s just printed on a t-shirt, or maybe it’s the real deal. If it’s a real floating Splotchy Head©, then the best way to get rid of him (according to Sub-Par [...]

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    Sketch and Final

    March 5, 2007

    Here are two pieces of mine, one older and one quite recent. “A John Waters X-mas” for SF Weekly: Sketch: Color Final: “An Unreasonable Man” (documentary about Ralph Nader) for SF Weekly: Sketch: Color Final:

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    Nedson recalls the night a UFO circled his residence.

    March 2, 2007
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