Travis Gillan Illustration

Skateboard Deck Limited 10 signed

2011-11-03T19:04:00.006-04:00

Here they are. 10 signed and numbered skateboard decks. I'll be selling them for $95. Get yours before they find another happy home.

Email me: TravisGillan@gmail.com

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The Keys to the Kingdom

2011-09-29T17:05:00.004-04:00

Purchase print here.

Sleepeater Album Cover

2011-09-26T14:55:00.005-04:00

Front cover design

Here's the full wrap around design. The idea was to hide the skull of the face from the front cover, and surprise the viewer when the full wrap around image is viewed.

Check out Sleepeater's music video here.

Relax & Float Downstream

2011-08-30T14:33:00.008-04:00

The text is taken from The Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows". So turn off your mind...

Print Available

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Snake Charmer

2011-08-27T05:36:00.002-04:00

9x12 in. Ink and acrylic on cardboard. native late night burst.

God is a triangle, so you should too.

2011-08-25T20:03:00.003-04:00

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Skateboard Preview

2011-07-26T20:53:00.001-04:00

This is a little teaser for my skateboard that will be printed in about a months time. It was done for a Denver skate shop called 303 Boards. This preview is about 1/3 the actual image. I will be selling a limited 10 signed copies when they get made. Stay tuned.

Friggen Fraggen

2011-06-10T13:41:00.005-04:00

This was done for fecalface.com. They hold competitions each friday based on a certain theme. The theme for this week is, "When I think of the words 'Friggen Fraggen', this happens to come to mind." So here you have it, my interpretation. Nothing says "friggen fraggen" more than an old codger's misplaced anger. You can purchase the print here.
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Office Snacks

2011-06-04T13:49:00.003-04:00

This illustration was done for The Society of Killustrators. The idea was based off an editorial article about office snacks and their tendency to make you fat. You can check out the other entries along with mine here http://societyofkillustrators.com/post/6149492064/no-6-killustrations .
Here's a close-up of the detail.

Freshcraft Promotion

2011-05-19T21:23:00.003-04:00

Groundwalker Series

2011-04-20T17:16:00.004-04:00

Prints can be purchased at: http://www.society6.com/studio/travisgillanillustration

Click on images to enlarge

Groundwalker - 16 x 20 in , Ink on Bristol

Temporal Plains - 24 x 18 in , Ink on bristol

Shapeshifter - 12 x 16 in , Ink on bristol

Untitled - 12.5 x 12.5 in , Ink on bristol , the black border is there to simulate a frame since the image is a diamond shape.

Vishnu

2011-03-29T23:46:00.003-04:00

In Hindu mythology, Vishnu is the preserver of the universe. He is the balance between all dualities.

2 X 3 feet, oil

Teagle T-shirt

2011-03-23T23:31:00.004-04:00

This is a t-shirt design done for Threadless.com. The animal is a hybrid of a tiger and an eagle. Its a spiritual beast with a third eye.

Howl

2011-03-16T13:23:00.003-04:00

Black Angels Gig Poster

2011-03-15T13:39:00.004-04:00

The Black Angels concert poster for their Cinco de Mayo show in Boulder, CO. I give them 10 skulls out of 10 on the dark psychedelic rock scale. If you're in the Boulder area, come to the show and bring out your dead.

Raven Skull Snowboard

2011-01-03T02:55:00.005-05:00

Old Medicine Snowboard

2010-12-30T20:02:00.006-05:00

My second snowboard design

I made part of this image into a print and an iphone skin. get them here.

Heavy Metal Snowboard

2010-11-28T02:50:00.026-05:00

My first snowboard design from a set of three.

Scars of Civilization

2010-11-10T00:32:00.004-05:00

This is a piece I illustrated for a short prose my friend, Joseph Giuliano, wrote. If you'd like to indulge in more of his musings, go to workingclassmonks.com for more.

As I walk amongst the barren city streets, I can’t help but wonder what this landscape once was. I am told of a time of bustling movement and smiling faces, yet the skeletons of buildings scatter the blocks, reminders of a life of purpose long since past. Thick heavy clouds blanket the sky in every direction, casting eery shadows on my path. Tales of the sun are like fables, serving only as warnings for those who are drawn to the dark. Aversion, although less effective, has always been more attractive than reward. Not even the dying hints of foliage that pierce the decaying concrete breathe any life into the scene. It’s like plastic fruit, misleading, ridiculous, and more than unnecessary. Rabid dogs feed off the dead, scavengers no more alive than their lifeless prey. My sluggish stroll inadvertently kicks away from me fragments of a forgotten life, curious jokes of its replacement. My voice, ineffable as it is, chokes out a gasp of dry breath. Begging to shape the words, lost as they are, it cracks and dissipates in a fog of breath nearly freezing in front of me. We were told life would carry on without us; now it seems that we have carried on without life, our earth replaced with the scars of “civilization”. We have outlived our own expectations, grandiose and schizophrenic, now the zombies of a near-dead planet.

Unicorn Carnage!

2010-11-10T00:27:00.003-05:00

This is a t-shirt design done for threadless. The blood is intended to be a glittery specialty ink. Unicorn blood is magical.

In Search of the Holy Grail

2010-11-09T23:19:00.000-05:00

Cartoon History: The New World 2

2010-11-09T23:12:00.004-05:00

This piece was accepted into the Society of Illustrators Annual Student Competition for 2010 and later published in their catalog.

Cartoon History: The New World 1

2010-11-09T23:12:00.003-05:00

Cartoon History: The New World 3

2010-11-09T23:10:00.000-05:00

Zodiac

2010-11-09T22:46:00.006-05:00

I was inspired to create this zodiac wheel by a friend of mine whom has psychic abilities and swears by astrology. My intentions when making this was to stay away from a look that was "cheesy" or trite. I hope the weathered look helped to accomplish that.

Death Becomes Us

2010-05-23T12:48:00.002-04:00

Deer Portrait

2010-03-03T11:46:00.001-05:00

Deer Portrait from Travis Gillan on Vimeo.

Wayne Coyne

2010-02-25T14:02:00.000-05:00

Sasquatch Music Festival

2010-02-24T01:41:00.000-05:00

Healing Supplements

2010-02-24T01:30:00.000-05:00

Recovery Fest T-shirt Design

2010-02-23T00:32:00.000-05:00

T-shirt design for Recovery Fest. http://www.recoveryfest.org/index.html

Astral Red T-shirt

2009-11-10T01:06:00.001-05:00

This is a t-shirt design which a good friend and I later made into t-shirts with a one-color silk screen press. Learning the ins and outs of t-shirt production is a laborious process.

Sphinx

2009-07-19T21:20:00.001-04:00

Plant/Human Life #4

2009-04-28T19:28:00.000-04:00

Plant/Human Life #3

2009-04-21T16:05:00.000-04:00

Plant/Human Life #2

2009-04-16T17:24:00.001-04:00

Plant/Human Life #1

2009-04-10T17:42:00.000-04:00

Sacred Medicine

2009-04-07T18:38:00.001-04:00

Nature's Plight

2009-04-07T17:40:00.001-04:00

God is the Organism in which We Live In

2009-04-07T17:37:00.003-04:00

Fungus T-shirt

2009-04-06T23:14:00.000-04:00

Frog Prince

2009-03-25T18:20:00.001-04:00

Guitar God

2009-03-25T17:53:00.004-04:00

Welcome to the Machine

2009-03-23T17:54:00.001-04:00

Untitled

2009-03-23T17:26:00.003-04:00

Self Portrait

2009-03-18T16:53:00.001-04:00

All-Area Spring Sports

2009-02-10T13:41:00.002-05:00

This design was used as the cover of the all area spring sports special edition for Advance Newspapers of Jenison, MI.

Fall Home Improvement

2009-02-10T13:19:00.002-05:00

This design was used as the cover for the home improvement special edition for Advance Newspapers of Jenison, MI.

MCEEA logo

2008-11-09T23:33:00.000-05:00

This was the winning design in a competition to design the new MCEEA logo. This was my original design which was later modified upon their request. The resulting logo can be seen at mceea.org.