Grant Gilliland :: 2008

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

July 2008

Live art @ Fabric8 7.26.2008

July 30, 2008

Fabric8 hosted it’s Mission Vinyl event last Saturday, which is a fresh combo of live DJ-action in the front of the store and live painting-action in the back patio…and some tasty BBQ action to boot! I joined in on a painting session with artists Reuben Rude, Andy Stattmiller, and Phoneticontrol…who all have very unique styles. [...]

New group show at Cowboys and Angels!

July 29, 2008

Coming to Cowboys and Angels August the 22nd! A new group show featuring the likes of: PhoneticontrolUrsula YoungMildredLeeciferJohnny SiuDeli…and more! Including myself! The show is called “The Adorable Disaster”…hmmm, kinda makes me think of what a young child might be called by his reluctant father. Cowboys and Angels207 Powell St., #400 (Union Square, two blocks [...]

Buncha Freaks (in color)!

July 24, 2008
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Hello world!

July 21, 2008

scotthull.com.

Can’t a grown man work on his puppet show over here?

Here are some photo-documentations of the “Touch Base” puppet show performance on July 26th. It was a raucous night of laughter, confusion, frantic puppetry, and plenty of SF-based talk show banter! Thanks to those who came out on weekend night to witness the wiggly-paper-puppety comedy stylings of Grant and Pat, the duo formerly known as [...]

Buncha Freaks!

July 17, 2008

Man, i’m outta here…can’t believe I used to think this crowd was cool. You know, the lifestyle did seem enticing for a while…but I digress, it’s bad for my health, I reckon. They lure you in with their apparent coolness, but honestly, that quickly fades into total blandness. I just don’t feel comfortable around here [...]

Mixxdown!

July 14, 2008

Mixxdown commercial rap from Touch Base with Gregg Sween… Yo, cruisin’ around and drinkin’ MixxdownDiggin’ that sound and drinkin’ MixxdownRockin’ the crowd and drinkin’ MixxdownDon’t let me catch you uptown without a Mixxdown! I keep it real with a Mixxdown, I pop the top when the beat drop, my crew do the same and it [...]

Jobo Jonez and the South Hill Seven!

July 13, 2008

Jobo Jonez (top row, far right) and the South Hill Seven is the house band for Touch Base with Gregg Sween! Hand drawn, and then finished in Adobe Illustrator. These were printed out and manufactured into paper doll puppets for the performance…which took place this past Friday at Fivepoints Arthouse in North Beach, SF…