Grant Gilliland :: 2007

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

Links:

The Gross Uncle

September 2007

The fourth installment of Team Draw is upon us…

September 20, 2007

TEAM DRAW // SUNDAY // SEPT.30 // 2PM-? That’s right…blow your spiral conch shell horn to alert the others and wrangle up some doodlin’ sticks…Team Draw is just around the corner, and as always, it will be held in Dolores Park…somewhere near the big green trash bin. The rules are as follows: Draw in other [...]

200th post sell-abrasion!

September 14, 2007

Dear fine collectors of “what in the world?” merchandise and other mish-mash… I have a neu paintin’ being displayed at the likes of one particular fabric8 in the Mish-shawn District. Have a fine look-see at this purple banjo action and an even finer how-dee-doo to Olivia and Anthony, who run the place. I suspect that [...]

Fancy-Fine Foot-Where?

September 10, 2007

Customized :::Gross Uncle©::: footwear hype for the new-ish millenium (and beyond?)… Acrylic hand-painted canvas slip-ons…sportswearables for the flat-footed and style-esque. Original customs always available to the next asker…no duplicates…just click the “email” link on my profile page and toss me a word or two! Oh boy!

When I do the spin, it is like a wow…or similar?

September 8, 2007

This image, created for the always hip to the fullest SF Weekly, was posted as my profile picture for about a week…but for those that have not seen it yet, here it is…delivered to the epicenter of your pupils at an estimated velocity of “oh sure”. There was a Yo-Yo competition in California recently, and [...]

Proofs of Purchase

September 6, 2007

I made these Certificates of Authenticity to go with a couple of prints I recently sold. They are black ink and acrylic paint on a thick card-boardy stock paper. Front Back Front Back Front Back