Tinten Käthe, TattooArtist

About me:

Kat Von D (Katherine von Drachenberg * 8. März 1982 in Monterrey) ist eine US-amerikanische Tattookünstlerin und Fernsehpersönlichkeit. Sie ist bekannt für ihre Arbeit als Künstlerin bei Miami Ink und LA Ink.
Im Alter von vier Jahren siedelte sie nach Colton über. Ihr Vater René von Drachenberg mit deutschem Migrationshintergrund und ihre spanisch-italienische Mutter Sylvia Galeano wurden beide in Argentinien geboren. Kat Von D spricht fließend Englisch und Spanisch.

Im Alter von 14 Jahren stach sie sich auf dem Knöchel ihr erstes eigenes Tattoo, den Buchstaben J. 1998 begann sie in ihrem ersten Studio Sin City Tattoo zu arbeiten.
Am 14. Dezember 2007 setzte sie als Rekordhalterin mit 400 Tattoos innerhalb 24 Stunden den Weltrekord. Sie hat Tattoos von Ludwig van Beethoven, María Félix sowie verschiedener Familienmitglieder.
Kat Von D ist mit dem Mötley Crüe-Bassisten Nikki Sixx liiert.
*wikipedia

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I'm not Kat Von D. I'm just a fan who made this fanspace for those who are big fans of hers like I am. I am NOT Kat von D, this is something just to support them. Kat do not have anything to do with this page, it is simply a support page to show them I love and support them. If you want to leave them a comment, the official Kat Von D myspaces [http://www.myspace.com/katvond] are linked to the pictures in this section.
Thank you...greetz , love and respect ♥♥Rainer from Germany

NAME: Katherine Von Drachenberg
BIRTHDATE: March 8, 1982
BIRTHPLACE: Nuevo Leon, Mexico
HOME: Hollywood, California
PARENTS: Sylvia and René
SIBLINGS: Karoline and Michael
OCCUPATION: Tattoo Artist / Rock Star

Kat Von D, 26, is one of the most respected and sought-after tattoo artists in the world. She’s also the star of TLC’s new series LA Ink, a spin-off of Miami Ink, which Kat was featured on for two seasons. Premiering Aug. 7, LA Ink centers on High Voltage Tattoo, the new tattoo shop Kat opened in West Hollywood, Calif.
Playing by her own rules, Kat Von D lives a fast-paced, rebel lifestyle. Hers is a life of freedom: she sets her own schedule, picks her clients, sleeps late and parties all night.
A true LA woman, Kat finds her inspiration in the City of Angels. Whether she’s partying at the hottest bars and clubs or checking out bands, Kat is constantly finding interesting ideas for her art. Through her active lifestyle she’s forged close friendships with and often tattoos several of the actors, athletes and rockers who live in LA Celebrities who have flocked to Kat for her signature fine-line, black-and-gray life-like portraits include Eve; Jackass’ Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn and Steve-O; rockers Slayer, My Chemical Romance and Green Day; and professional skater Mike Vallely.
While Kat has lived most of her life in Los Angeles, she was born March 8, 1982, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Kat’s family moved to the United States when she was 4, settling in Colton, Calif. Her father and mother were born in Argentina, though her father’s family origins were German and her mother’s was Spanish-Italian.
Kat is close with both her parents and her siblings, however; it was her paternal grandmother, a professional pianist in Germany, who turned Kat onto the arts. Pushing Kat to take piano lessons, her grandmother introduced her to some of the great composers, including Beethoven, whose work Kat immediately fell in love with. This encounter in turn led Kat on a never-ending journey to discover other composers, painters and sculptors from that time period.
As Kat became a teenager, she was exposed to punk rock music and became immersed in its culture. At age 14 she got her first tattoo, an old English “J” on her ankle, a memento of a love gone-by. Shortly thereafter, Kat did her first tattoo. She tattooed a Misfits skull, representing one of her favorite bands, onto one of her friends. Ironically, she ended up tattooing one of the original members of the Misfits a few years later.
By age 16 she was hooked and working at tattoo shops in and around Los Angeles. A few years later Kat was at True Tattoo in Hollywood, working alongside notable artists like Clay Decker and Chris Garver – who brought her down to Miami Ink. There, she further honed her signature style, developed her hard-core following and came into her own as an artist.
Tattoos aren’t just everything to Kat Von D, they are her life.
*Bio from the TLC L.A. Ink website.