Dan Berry inexplicably
@thingsbydan.co.uk
Unlikely pen manufacturer, draws comics, helps people make stuff, used to do that podcast. Low effort social media presence.
This pen sale ends on Monday evening! Here’s some macro shots of the nib.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This pen sale ends on Monday evening! Here’s some macro shots of the nib.
I’m having a Friday-Monday long weekend sale this weekend on my handmade dip pens.
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I’m having a Friday-Monday long weekend sale this weekend on my handmade dip pens.
Fooling about in my sketchbook.
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Fooling about in my sketchbook.
I had to stop playing Donkey Kong Bananza after my wife referred to it as “the colonoscopy game”.
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I had to stop playing Donkey Kong Bananza after my wife referred to it as “the colonoscopy game”.
I made a giant denim tote bag and used it to envelop my daughter.
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I made a giant denim tote bag and used it to envelop my daughter.
Do you read my newsletter? You don’t need to worry about me clogging your inbox, I don’t write them all that often. thingsbydan.substack.com/p/april-to-s...
September 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Do you read my newsletter? You don’t need to worry about me clogging your inbox, I don’t write them all that often. thingsbydan.substack.com/p/april-to-s...
I drew these for the secret artist sale in my hometown. Both went to different owners but together they tell the sad tale of a mistakenly unplugged chest freezer.
August 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I drew these for the secret artist sale in my hometown. Both went to different owners but together they tell the sad tale of a mistakenly unplugged chest freezer.
Because people are curious how a D20 portrait works, here’s an exhaustive guide:
August 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Because people are curious how a D20 portrait works, here’s an exhaustive guide:
I’m going to be at the drawn festival tomorrow in Shrewsbury, selling books and pens and drawing people with a borderline insulting lack of effort.
August 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I’m going to be at the drawn festival tomorrow in Shrewsbury, selling books and pens and drawing people with a borderline insulting lack of effort.
This is going to sound like a lie, but last week I took @badmachinery.com out for a drive and the road was blocked by a wild horse which insisted on licking the bonnet of the car for a few minutes before moving away and letting us carry on.
July 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is going to sound like a lie, but last week I took @badmachinery.com out for a drive and the road was blocked by a wild horse which insisted on licking the bonnet of the car for a few minutes before moving away and letting us carry on.
It’s got this lathe attachment too.
Not pictured- laser module.
Not pictured- laser module.
June 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s got this lathe attachment too.
Not pictured- laser module.
Not pictured- laser module.
Let me get a heck yeah if you’ve spent the week so far trying to figure out how to use a 4axis desktop cnc milling machiiiiiinnnnee
June 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Let me get a heck yeah if you’ve spent the week so far trying to figure out how to use a 4axis desktop cnc milling machiiiiiinnnnee
A cool dream about cool cats
May 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A cool dream about cool cats
A man who lives around the corner found great flexibility in the word ‘twat’.
May 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A man who lives around the corner found great flexibility in the word ‘twat’.
A very fleshed out idea for a sitcom based in a used car showroom.
May 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A very fleshed out idea for a sitcom based in a used car showroom.
Manchester airport terminal 2 toilets, 4am.
May 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Manchester airport terminal 2 toilets, 4am.
A joke my daughter made up. “Two sticky”. Incredible wordplay from a 9 year old.
May 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A joke my daughter made up. “Two sticky”. Incredible wordplay from a 9 year old.
I am dyslexic, so my brain sometimes takes the scenic route to the words I’m actually looking for.
May 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I am dyslexic, so my brain sometimes takes the scenic route to the words I’m actually looking for.
Ok, I do remember this one as well. It actually happened. I watched a guy almost pull the door off his truck with a ride-on lawnmower.
May 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Ok, I do remember this one as well. It actually happened. I watched a guy almost pull the door off his truck with a ride-on lawnmower.
I do remember this one. It was Christmas.
May 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I do remember this one. It was Christmas.
I mean, this one still gets me. I just don’t know.
May 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I mean, this one still gets me. I just don’t know.
I’m going to post a selection of these. I don’t really remember writing any of them.
May 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I’m going to post a selection of these. I don’t really remember writing any of them.
I sometimes take a look through my notes app and find things I might’ve written in the dead of the night, awakened from a restless sleep by an ugly spirit.
May 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I sometimes take a look through my notes app and find things I might’ve written in the dead of the night, awakened from a restless sleep by an ugly spirit.