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Katherine von Drachenberg [ 2 ] [ 3 ] born March 8, , known professionally as Kat Von D , is a Mexican-born American tattoo artist , television personality, entrepreneur and recording artist. She is best known for her work as a tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show LA Ink , which premiered in the United States on August 7, , and ran for four seasons.

Her second studio album, My Side of the Mountain , was released in Von D credits her paternal grandmother, Clara von Drachenberg, as an inspiration for her in music and art, [ 14 ] and the culture of San Bernardino County as a major influence on her tattoo art and style. She got her first tattoo at 14 and quit school at 16 to become a tattoo artist.

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When she was 15, Von D was sent to Provo Canyon School for six months, a notorious facility of the troubled teen industry , where she says she suffered abuse. She was offered the place on the show after fellow artist Darren Brass broke his elbow, [ 21 ] preventing him from tattooing. While on the show, she had a falling out with Ami James , which led to her decision to leave the shop and the show.

On the show, she broke the Guinness World Record of most tattoos given by a single person in 24 hours, with a total of But this is just kind of like a picture-driven outline of my career as an artist. So, you see everything from my drawings when I was six to tattoos that have never before been seen.