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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  • January 2008


    I need some advice father…

    January 28, 2008

    Well, you’ll probably have to wait until next week…I haven’t checked my Facebook account in days…sorry!

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    What’s shaking, Bronson?

    January 27, 2008

    Well, my knees are. I just got back from falling down a set of stairs in front of the chiropractor’s office…I lost my footing when this scooter honked at me…well, not the scooter but…whatever. Yeah, but now i’m just trying to relax here before I head over to the check-cashing store…got a check (score!) from [...]

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    Happy Birthday Fabric8…I knitted you a pair of really small socks that probably won’t fit very well…ok, I bought them at the gas station…

    January 23, 2008

    Fabric8 in Sam Frandistoes Californaya will be celebrating it’s two year store anniversary on the 26th of this very month…and I am going to be there doing some live artmaking with a lot of really good local artists…hopefully I don’t forget to remember to not accidentally paint the art on the carpet…that would be a [...]

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    Valentino! How are you?


    Oh, Wally! I’m fine, really. I am doing much better actually, those incessant welts on my lower thighs have receded quite a bit since our last game of cricket…and since we’re on the subject, i’ve begun my first novella. I have been toying with a few possible titles and wanted to bounce a few of [...]

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    My conscience often appears as a floating head that’s addicted to energy sodas…

    January 21, 2008

    Steeeeeve! Hey…don’t fergit about your mom’s birthday! After your office meetin’ here we’ll raun-dee-voo at the Savin’ PapesĀ© Supra-mart to pick up some confetti to huck in her face when she comes home! Remember, only throw medium-hard when you are tossing things at your mom’s head…it’s only safe, seeing as her head becomes evermore jello-esque [...]

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    Nithe Thweater!

    January 17, 2008

    Thankth!

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    Steeb, Jeribald, and Terri

    Where does birds live?

    January 9, 2008

    Correct, Patrick. Have a taffy.

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    Have you heard that band Man Cat Man?

    January 8, 2008
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    We do sock puppet routines! Call now!

    January 7, 2008

    That’s right…for an undecided amount of time, we will be offering sock puppet routines to lift your spirits and de-condition your 21st century mind. Using the absolute most up to the minute in cotton-blending technology, our specially crafted puppets have a low rating in the “child-terror index” (Modern Puppetry Ethics vol.24) and have even been [...]

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    Rainbow Joe…

    January 1, 2008

    A portrait of a sensitive man…depicted in acrylic paint and markers. You can purchase this new work at your local fabric8.

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