Amazing Female Celebrity Tattoo Icon

Television’s provocative celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D is on fire and exploding in popularity along with the tattoo industry.  Kat Von D is about to launch a nationwide version of Musink Tattoo & Music Festival with Social Distortion and Motörhead, release her first book High Voltage Tattoo, debut on the silver screen in an upcoming film The Bleeding, and still finds time to run her tattoo business and star on her own tattoo reality show.   Kat Von D is truly an amazing female celebrity tattoo icon that finds the time to do it all.

Recently, Kat Von D set still long enough to shed insight on her personal life, passion for tattoos, and future ventures in an interview with Askmen.com celebrity correspondent Shawn Loeffler.

In 2005, Hollywood (rather Miami) came knocking on Kat Von D’s door, and she took it upon herself to represent the female side of tattoo art on the reality show Miami Ink. Two years later, Kat landed her own show returning her to L.A., the city she loves.

Today, Kat Von D thinks she is in the best place she’s ever been in her life.  And, Kat believes the new season of her tattoo reality show L.A. Ink will reveal her revived spirit, not to mention some pretty impressive tattoos.

When it comes to Kat Von D’s personal heavily tattooed canvas she admits she has a good balance between tattoos that have meaning to her and are well thought out, and tattoos she got impulsively.

“Not every tattoo has to be this really deep-rooted, sentimental landmark in time… So, if you like a unicorn riding a dolphin, you should get it [laughs] and not worry about it too much. I don’t regret any of my tattoos. I think that as long as you like it, that’s the important part.”

Kat believes some her most valuable life lessons come through people she’s tattooed.

January 2009 promises to be a rocking month for Kat Von D.  With the launch of Musink Tattoo & Music Festival tour she and friends from Social Distortion, Motörhead scheduled to begin on January 30; and the release of her first book High Voltage Tattoo a layout of her life and the tattoo world, from an insider’s perspective, revealing tattoo etiquette, the dos and don’ts to avoid tattoo removal, and tattoo facts and myths due out in January. 


There is no doubt, Kat Von D is one amazing celebrity tattoo icon, tattoo artist, actress, and author exploding with popularity in the ink industry.

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