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1.) Best LST Thread: Full Backpiece Thread takes the cake, without a doubt. It just blows everything else out of the water. 2.) Worst LST Thread: The Ink Master Thread is the worst thread of more than ten pages for sure, although it occasionally redeems itself momentarily through clever commentary. I just want to pretend that this Hindenburg never existed. Can we pretend it doesn’t exist now? 3.) Favorite tattoo you got this year (pls say by who and what shop): The Whale, snake, skull combo I got from Deno while he was at Kings Ave was my favorite I think. The great tattoo was only made better by the timing. I got it only a few days after Sandy wrecked us; Manhattan had only just gotten power back, I had no power at home like many of my friends, and things seemed dire. Being able to take a train to get a tattoo was a big step in a return to normalcy that helped me keep my head on. 4.) Favorite tattoo another LSTer got this year (pls say by who and what shop if you know): This one is absolutely impossible. Everyone here gets fantastic work, though I find myself drooling over @Iwar’s and @chrisnoluck’s tattoos more than usual. 5.) Favorite tattoo artist you discovered through LST: I think this has to go to @The Hyena , Ron Henry Wells. He’s just always doing rad shit. Unstoppable. 6.) How'd you find LST: I sort of backdoored my way in after watching tattoo age, Steve Boltz talks about a shop called Sparrow tattoos. Googling turned this site up. 7.) Favorite part of the site: All the pictures of tattoos everyone puts up and how excited everyone is about tattoos. Rarely do i find a negative comment, it’s just a lots of love and rad shit. 8.) Area of the site you spend most your happy time at: Crawling through old posts in Latest Tattoo Thread and the Old Tattoo Pictures Thread. 9.) What do you want more of: Artist interviews! They’re slammin I watch all of them at least once. And so long as we’re wishing, beer, naked girls, free pizza, Slayer. 10.) Sum up the year in one word: Fantastic BONUS: Favorite quote of the year...... Pretty much anything @Dan S says. Homeboy has his head on straight.

I borrow this idea and some questions from @dcostello and his previous years threads cause it has been fun and useful to see what LSTers are thinking about the site/forum and tattoos. Pls copy and paste the question then answer so we can tell which answers go with which easiest. If you want to include photos that would be bonus points. So with that here we go: BEST/WORST of 2012: 1.) Best LST Thread: 2.) Worst LST Thread: 3.) Favorite tattoo you got this year (pls say by who and what shop): 4.) Favorite tattoo another LSTer got this year (pls say by who and what shop if you know): 5.) Favorite tattoo artist you discovered through LST: 6.) How'd you find LST: 7.) Favorite part of the site: 8.) Area of the site you spend most your happy time at: 9.) What do you want more of: 10.) Sum up the year in one word: BONUS: Favorite quote of the year......

@Deb Yarian What are you talking about? There's an ever-growing tattoo community in your area--and they're all named Yarian!

1. Best Thread- Monthly Best Tattoo Contest. A chance to come on and just see the best tattoos of the month on here. I think it also has made people get tattooed more on this forum (if that is even possible). 2. Worst Thread- Dumb Hipster Tattoos. 3. Favorite Tattoo I got- Snake and Rose by Dan Gilsdorf @blackheart tattoo in SF. I really have gotten a lot of tattoos this year from some really good friends, but getting the chance to visit and hang out in blackheart was a tattoo highlight of the year. 4. Best Tattoo others got. I would say for me my favorite tattoo is the dagger and skull combo that @deaddreamnation got by Danny Reed, but I think the undisputed champion of this year is @Scott R . 5. I would say Danny Reed is my favorite artist I have discovered through here. It's not even so much that I discovered him here, but I put a face to the name and really started looking at his work differently on here. I can't count how many tattooers I have discovered on this site, or been compelled to study more in depth because of work or discussion on this forum. 6. How did I get here? I think I commented on a post on facebook about the facebook friend tattoo and led me to a thread about tattooers with no tattoos, I saw that Nick and Mario from CTC were on here so I started lurking more. 7. I would say the general forum is my favorite part of the site. I like to not only hear everyone's tattoo news, but I do enjoy giving advice and a good discussion on a hot topic. 8. I spend most of my time in the general forum. 9. The one thing I miss is the tattooers that don't post here anymore and post less here. 10. THis year was hectic I really can't think of a bonus quote of the top of my head, but I know that I always enjoy when Stewart Robson joins the conversation and Shannon Shirley. I know that both of them post less, but when they have something to say it's good.

BEST/WORST of 2012: 1.) Best LST Thread: Gots to be the Old Tattoo thread. 2.) Worst LST Thread: Worst Celebrity Tattoos 3.) Favorite tattoo you got this year (pls say by who and what shop): la Senorita y el Tigre, by Nick Colella at CTC. 4.) Favorite tattoo another LSTer got this year (pls say by who and what shop if you know): http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/lst-announcements-contests/3203-november-2012-tattoo-month-contest-page2.html#post49595 ScottR 5.) Favorite tattoo artist you discovered through LST: hmmmm...well, guess I'd have to say Stewart Robson. One can only hope to amass the funds necessary for a cross-pond soiree. 6.) How'd you find LST: 67 Olds turned me on to it. 7.) Favorite part of the site: Activity stream 8.) Area of the site you spend most your happy time at: Old Tattoo thread 9.) What do you want more of: See above. 10.) Sum up the year in one word: SUX BONUS: Favorite quote of the year...... From anywhere????? Oh, here? Okay. Nothing specific, but I always watch for posts from certain people, say, KyleGrey, CultExciter, Colored guy, Jack, Erik G., and a few others.

Session number two with Kore Flatmo yesterday. Here is the progress so far. - - - Updated - - - The progress on my wife's tattoo from Brenda Flatmo.

A new pic, the left is from Dec. 9 after one treatment, 2011 and the right is from Dec 13, 2012 after 5 treatments. When I started this journey the start to the cover up seemed so far away and to think it's a little more than a month away is nuts! Totally worth it...

Hahaha, just any old Dan will do. Trocchio, Albrigo, or Santaro are all my favorites.

Asked the wife for 'em for Christmas.. That hardbound is lookin' pretty sexy.

I just pre-ordered the Tattoo Time reissue. I've read most of them, but the price tag for originals was a little too hard to swallow. Now, I got em all for less than the cost of one. And yes, that was a UGK reference.

I got that one from @jayessebee, so I can't take the credit! But it's a choice word!

BEST/WORST of 2012: 1.) Best LST Thread: I like many of them. Especially just general tattoo talk in the General Tattoo Discussion section and the pictures that go along w/the discussions. 2.) Worst LST Thread: Any of the ones started by trolls. 3.) Favorite tattoo you got this year (pls say by who and what shop): Tiger/lotuses/lily pads/mandala by James Spencer-Briggs @Memoir Tattoo, LA (still in progress)... 4.) Favorite tattoo another LSTer got this year (pls say by who and what shop if you know): The first one that comes to mind is @ian 's Jondix skull. And of course @DJDeepFried 's black koi by Kim Saigh @Memior but he hasn't posted the finished piece yet, think he's waiting for his new camera. 5.) Favorite tattoo artist you discovered through LST: I joined instagram due to the LST thread about it and once I discovered instagram I discovered so many new artists. So, indirectly discovered @Mike Bennett on Instagram via LST. 6.) How'd you find LST: I am rarely on Twitter but one day I was on there looking at Needles and Sins' tweets and they recommended LST. 7.) Favorite part of the site: Love the interviews & the forum. I'm bad at picking 1 thing. 8.) Area of the site you spend most your happy time at: Looking for new posts. Reading/responding..."liking" posts...I like the interaction between artists and enthusiasts alike. 9.) What do you want more of: Black & grey! And black! On me, that is. haha 10.) Sum up the year in one word: mélange BONUS: Favorite quote of the year...... "plainskins" @CultExciter, I've been using it. Cracks me up.

he is extremely racist... blech

Annabelle moved to the Elephant Sanctuary in California, Bob Barker came and got her. We have two polar bears now in a beautiful enclosure. Hey Ma, you got me!!!!

I would post some of a certain mod's mixes here but that would be for him to share, not me.

Yeah, basically!

Yea I never really hear anybody talk about him, but he does some crazy good tattoos.

@slayer9019 saw this on IG. so fucking awesome.

Well just finished my Raijin. Seriously love the little extra touches Regino Gonzalez

I stole this off the wife.One of our wedding photos, my hannya from Grime with some slick snake action.

Sneakymitch!

Peter Lagergren lousy picture, but great head/mouth. Nice eagle, too.

Im really excited I found someone else who enjoys Pynchon. I've only read "V", "Against The Day" and "Slow Learner" so far. Im looking forward to "Gravity's Rainbow" after I am finished with this lot of books. Did you by any chance read his forward in the new edition of 1984? It was incredible. Especially since Pynchon is such a hermit and had made maybe 5 public appearances in his carrer. Sorry about all the quotes, my english prof's burned that shit into my head. I cant wait to start Travels with Charley.