Jake Neece | Design & Illustration

An illustration of a banner with a logo on it, against a pink and orange sky.

In 2026, I'm officially striking out on my own. New brand to kick things off, check out my work at jakeneece.design.

If you're in games, toys, food & beverage, or music looking for design or illustration for your next project, I'd love to talk about what you have going on.

My banner is yours.

Yeah, it’s PACKED.

Play games, not influencer merch.

It’s so good. My regular group brings it up often as their favorite Mörk Borg adventure.

Mothership: Unfathomable by LionHearth Games, Reliquary Rot A Depthcrawl through Time, Space, & Reality.

Had the opportunity to do some illustration and writing for a Mothership trifold with @lionhearth.bsky.social for the TripTech Game Jam. We packed this thing full. Easily 3-4 sessions to get through it all. Check it out!

lordgt.itch.io/unfathomable

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Hey! been a little bit as I have been slammed with “day job” type work lately.

Speaking of, I co-own a marketing and design firm who is looking to add a full-time designer. If you’re a designer who works in the toys or games space I’d love to hear from you if interested

valamarketing.com/careers/

A hex map with a fantasy world.

Last night my wife and I started building out a fantasy world using Worldwizard from Jason Lutes. We are about 60% through the Primordial Age, but it’s shaping up nicely and this game has sparked some really cool ideas already. Excited to keep building!

Very cool system, highly recommend.

Tabletop gaming accessories, character sheets, in a box.

Changing of the guard for the GM toolbox. Session zero of Mothership tonight for my in person group!

Album artwork of a man getting obliterated by the weight of the world.

Fun fact, I play guitar in a little hardcore band called No Advocate that dropped a single today. I also had the pleasure of doing the design and artwork for the EP coming 4.18.

Check it out out if you’re into that sort of thing!

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I posted this image in the Forbidden Lands subreddit and this comment made me a little more emotional than it probably should have.

I can make stuff that makes people want to explore worlds they may not have otherwise, and that just does it for me.

A dark fantasy zine cover.

What was supposed to be a little pamphlet one shot turned into a 12-page adventure (oops). Writing is done, got the layout roughed in, and knocked out a cover. Time for maps and illustrations.

Tower of the Corpsewright will be the first tabletop project where I did it all!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much! 🤘

You’re too kind 🙏 thank you so much.

Dwarf with a stogie goes hard. 10/10.

My boy Kagan, a pirate trollkin I played on a podcast. Share your green dudes!

And I’m dumpster diving, baby.

How I be

Somehow im following followers of certain projects now and getting updates on everything they do ever.

“Alright let me clear out the ol’ Notes app for today and call it”.

The notes in question:

Me starting a writing project: how will I ever flesh all of this out.

Me finishing writing project: how will I ever pare any of this back.

Pitbull in medieval armor.

When I say I got that dog in me.

Hyperfocus as a skill check

Well deserved, congrats on the nomination!

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The fact that photos of the mayor of Knox County, TN powerbombing the secretary of education exist is something I think about at least once a day. Crazy timeline.

I was that kid who waited until 10pm the night before to tell my mom I needed a poster board for my science fair project and now I do it to myself whenever I have a personal project I have to make artwork for. Almost there!

A little outside of my typically illustration style but a very fun one nonetheless. Came out nice!

S-tier adventure name.