Kat Von D Biography

Kat Von D, whose real name is Katherine von Drachenberg was born on 8 March 1982 , is an artist, tattoo artist, a businesswoman and presenter of the show LA Ink on channels TLC and Discovery Channel. Heavily tattooed, she said "Give her body tattooing". World-renowned artist, Von D is known to be a specialist portrait.

In addition to his show, Kat Von D creates her own brand of makeup, its own music festival called Musink and has recently released a book on his creations. Recognizable figure in the world of tattooing, she enjoys a high reputation on the California rock scene, thanks to the various artists she has tattooed such as Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, Kerry King of Slayer, Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue, Jared Leto or Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance, or, being the icon of several groups.

And Fireball Ministry uses the name Von D on T-shirts and merchandising, Eagles of Death Metal writes a song about it and called High Voltage as the name of her salon. In addition, she lent her face for the cover of the album This Is War by 30 Seconds to Mars. Finally it appears in one of the clips of the band HIM and The 69 Eyes.

Kat Von D is actually known by issuing Miami Ink aired on TLC. After the tattoo artist Darren Brass broke his arm, the team of the show asked Von D joined the cast on the advice of Chris Garver with whom she had worked previously. The experience lasted only two years and after numerous differences with Ami James and some other cast members from Miami Ink, Kat gets fired and goes to Los Angeles after her divorce.

Before mounting the project, Kat Von D decided to settle in the heart of Hollywood and has to take care of itself in search of other cast members of the show. After multiple searches, she is surrounded by Kim Saigh and Hannah Aitchison, two renowned tattoo artists in Chicago. Then she hires Corey Miller, tattoo artist's Six Feet Under Tattoo Parlor in Orange County enjoys a high reputation in California. Finally she adds her best friend, Pixie Acia, as manager of the show.

During the program, she entered the Guinness Book of Records , beating the record of people with tattoos in 24 hours by one person with a total of 400 people with tattoos.

Nevertheless, several changes will scratch this success, first, Von D and the rest of the cast are obliged to part with her ​​best friend Pixie Acia at the end of the second season of the show after several reproaches have been formulated, including the fact that she prefers the nightlife at the show. It is replaced by Aubrey Fisher of the reality TV show Rock of Love . Again the agreement is not the best since Fisher, who was hired by Brother Von D (who obtained the post of supervisor of the series thanks to Kat Von D), did not get along with the rest of tattoo of the show. Still, Fisher is still part of the show.

Finally, one of the biggest changes is the departure of Saigh and Aitchison cast. And on his official Myspace, Von D says it must separate the two tattoo artists and friends of the show for undisclosed reasons, just saying it does not control all components of the show and she regrets sincerely leaving.