Kat Von D's official Website

here is a link to kat's official web page


(http://katvond.net incase you cant see)

also i have images here of the artwork she has done and for more just click the link and visit her page

fun facts about Kat Von D

Kat set the Guinness World Record for doing the most tattoos in a 24 hour period last December 2007 where she managed to do 400 tattoos. She was able to raise sufficient money during that event for one of her favorite charity organizations called Vitamin Angels and save over 32,000 kids from turning blind.

Kat is ranked #62 on Maxim magazine's 2008 list of Hot 100.

Kat is afraid of sharks.

Kat released her own makeup line called Kat Von D for Sephora this May 2008.

Kat is a smoker.

Kat says the top 5 things in her life she couldn't live without are family, tattooing, music, romance, and tequila.

Kat is 5' 9".

Kat Von D Biography

Katherine von Drachenberg was born on March 8, 1982 in Monterey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Though her father (Rene Von Drachenberg) is of German descent and her mother (Sylvia Galeano) has Spanish-Italian roots, both her parents are native Argentinians. Kat has two siblings, a sister named Karoline and a brother named Michael.

When Kat was four years old, her family relocated to the US and settled in Colton, CA. She was just 14 when she got her first tattoo, an old English "J" on her ankle. It wasn't long before Kat realized her natural artistic ability and picked up a tattoo machine herself. Her first effort was a Misfits skull.

Kat began working at Sin City Tattoo, her first professional shop, in 1998. Throughout the next few years she moved around to several other shops, gaining experience and perfecting her art, before finally settling at True Tattoo in Los Angeles. That is where Kat can be found today, working alongside her husband and fellow tattoo artist Oliver Peck.

In addition to her love for the art of tattooing, she is also a fan of Beethoven, and has several tattoos dedicated to or inspired by him.

Kat resides in Los Angeles and has opened up her own tattoo shop which is featured in the series, "LA Ink."

permanent makeup

permanent makeup is basically a tattoo. you can get eyeliner, eyebrows, and lip liner tatted.
is the same process as any other tattoo, the ink still goes in the dermis layer of the skin, but you may need to redo the makeup as it might fade overtime, specially on the eyebrows. This system is well for athletes or very bussy people that dont have time to do their makeup.

eyeball tats

if tatting up just any part of your body isn't enough, or you just ran out of room, theres another option for you... yeah... get happy... now theres people tatting up their eyeball!!!!!
[hahahahahahaha] but ewww
theres alot of risks by doing this procedure, which include blindness, so if this interests you do your research

myths about tattoos

there are many myths about tattoos in general... people say they are easily to get infected, but the truth is that piercings are most likely to get infected. with the right handling of tools and sterilization there is nothing to worry about. also its very unlikely for a person to get HIV because a professional will sterilize the equipment and even tho, once the blood is dried the virus dies because it needs moister to survive. make sure you don't go to illicit tattoo places because that improves the chances of infection and also a bad job in the quality of the tattoo you decide too get.
infections do look like this tho...

surprisingly...

ok so i've been getting for prom latly rite?... well i sprayed tanned for da first time ever!!! i look orange ewwww!!! anyways so i found out something new, for the bed tanning thing, its kinda bad if you have a tattoo, and i see why, because the rays make the ink fade away. the same applies to the sun's lights, they make the ink kinda fade and make the ink all ugly, so if you got sum tats just noe stay away from alot of sun exposure... :]

my style

well... im a chicana... for those of you dat dont noe wat dat mean, well my parents are from mexico but i was born in the US... to be specific i was born in East LA... yeah and im a dodgers fan, wooooh!!! and fuck wat u think... moving on, i like soccer, chivas my team cheas. well my style is a mix i like rocker shit and cholo shit... i call it rockachola... but anyways, i also like lowriders and LIL ROB....

inspiration

my favorite tattoo artist is Kat Von D. that female inspired me, truely. i noe how to draw and as soon as i saw her when she started in Miami Ink, she became my hero... omg... she has really good skills, and i hope to one day match up to her. ive been always trying to become a tattoo artist but with no luck, my homies tat but they are scared ima take their clients [HAHAHA] hillarious cuz i inoe its true.

tattoos

many people see tattoos as being bad and vulgar.... such people as my dad and other old people. anywhom, i believe that tattoos are a form of art to express yourself. who cares what you wanna put on your body, it's your and you own it rite??
or what do you think? what are your thoughts about this controversial topic?