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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    Touch Base with Gregg Sween!

    June 4, 2008

    Thanks to Owen Morris for animating our artwork for this promo! July 11th7-11pmFivepoints Arthouse50 A Bannam PlaceSan Francisco, CA94133 Pat does the voice for Gregg Sween and I do the guests and the announcer…Hurrah! See you there!

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    Three Brothers

    June 4, 2008

    Commissioned drawing for Singapore designer Casey Chen …Prismacolor colored pencils on paper, 16.5 x 23.4 inches. Casey and I became friends on Flickr. Thanks Casey!

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    MC Big Fizz

    June 3, 2008

    MC Big Fizz was born Yancy Shuehorne on a hot 1974 summer day in the heart of Gary, Indiana. He was discovered at the age of 18 by a talent scout while performing an acapella set at an open mic event held at Shemp’s Shanty, a local cafe/tanning salon/movie rental shop. The young Shuehorne was [...]

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    John Seymour of Mechanicsburg, OH

    June 1, 2008

    Visiting San Francisco! Hey John, what do you think about the city? “Well, I just decided to come here because I heard about…Fisherman’s WHERF, it’s…pretty cool, smells a little bad…and there was a man with a bush attached to his body that jumped at me and uh, i’ll prolly never go back there again. Went [...]

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    Hot Bean Juice Love!

    May 28, 2008

    Oh, the wonders of coffee…if only my shoulder was squishy enough to be able to hold a mug firmly in place, my life would undoubtedly be enhanced to levels beyond my feeble comprehension. For now, i’ll settle with holding the mug in my hand or setting it down on my computer desk…maybe it’s better that [...]

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    Touch Base with Gregg Sween!

    May 14, 2008

    Coming this summer to Fivepoints Arthouse! This is a collaborative live action performance/puppet show I am doing with Patrick Kouse this July…come and check it out! Here is a closeup of the characters I created for the flyer…in order of appearance, they are: actor Rex Midwife, author Terrance Magenta, and former child star Maggie Gunderson.

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    Arte-Showe Tonite!

    May 10, 2008

    Short notice, I know…but if you can make it, there will be great art for $50 and under, zines, and cupcakes! 7-10:30p 1025 Powell St. Apt 31(in between Clay and Washington) Artist roster includes: Andre Eamiello, Andy Statmiller, Alexander Martinez, BVRS, Dan Fleres, Deli, Downtimer, Erik Otto, Grant Gilliland, Jenna Sunde, Jesse Balmer, Matt Furie, [...]

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    Terrance Magenta, pet guru to the stars!

    May 10, 2008

    Folks, our next guest has been helping people make sense of their tumultuous relationships and find joy in their lives for the past thirteen years. And in that short amount of time he has become a world-renowned relationship counselor, author, pastry chef, and public speaker. He is probably most well known for his segment “The [...]

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    Magenta Monster n’ Man Mash up

    May 5, 2008
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    "I bet we’d do much better if we didn’t have this darn squirrel for a tour guide…"

    April 28, 2008

    Seven dogs and their squirrel tour guide hit the streets to collect postcards, ride the trolley, and sniff some new friends out…

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