KAT VON D NOTHING KAT BUT VON D BEAUTY & ART

THE ARTIST, INSPIRATION, MAKEUPGURU SUCCESS AND AUTHOR & LIFE AFTER MUSICIAN ON HEARTBREAK

Book design by Darlene Pham Dedicated to Those who take risks with Life, Love & Tattooing Table of Contents

About Kat Von D 2-5

Career 6-7

Tattoos 8-9

Makeup Guru 0-11

Credit & Publication 12-13 ABOUT KAT VON D

Kat Von D or Katherine for her work as a tattoo artist von Drachenberg, was born on the TLC reality television on March 8, 1982 she is an show LA Ink, which premiered American tattoo artist, model, August 7, 2007, in the United musician, and television States and ran for four personality. She is best known seasons.

2 ABOUT KAT VON D

Kat Von D was born in Karoline and a brother, Michael. Montemorelos, Nuevo León, She moved with her family to the Mexico. Her Seventh-day Los Angeles area at age 4 and Adventist Church missionary grew up in Colton, California. parents, father René and mother Von D was classically trained in Sylviabor Silvia Galeano, were piano beginning at age 6. He born in Argentina,of German, particularly appreciates Ludwig Italian and Spanish descent, van Beethoven. respectively. Von D has a sister,

3 ABOUT KAT VON D Kat Von D credits her grandmother, Clara von Drachenberg, as an inspiration for her in music and art, and the Latino culture of Los Angeles as a major influence on her tattoo art and style. She began listening to the Ramones, Misfits, and other punk rock bands at the age of 12. She got her first tattooat 14 and quit school at 16 to become a tattoo artist.

4 ABOUT KAT VON D

“What’s truly important-- and what I find myself forgetting and having to relearn--is that right here, right now, I am free. Free to be myself and to express myself.” - Kat Von D

5 CAREER

Kat is the most requested artist. Due to her popularity and the extremely high volume of re- quests it will take her several months to get through the requests. Von D was asked to work at 305 Ink in Miami when Darren Brass broke his elbow, preventing him from tattooing. She appeared in two seasons of Miami Ink, the reality TV show taped there for the cable network TLC. Also is very known for her makeup skills and has her own branding of makeup located all around the world mostly at Sephora and Ulta.

6 CAREER

“You have to nourish your creativity for it to flourish...” - Kat Von D

7 TATTOOS

Her first book, High Voltage Tattoo, compiling her artworks and tattoos, with a foreword by Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx, was released in January 2009 and reached #6 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Von D described the book as “not an autobiography, you know, ‘cause I’m too young to do that. 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.” Her second book, The Tattoo Chronicles, an illustrated diary following a year in her life, was released October 26, 2010, and reached #3 on The New York Times “Hardcover Advice & Misc.” best seller list.

8 TATTOOS

“I am a canvas of my experiences, my story is etched in lines and shading, and you can read it on my arms, my legs, my shoulders, and my stomach.” - Kat Von D

9 MAKEUP

“Where you come from, what you look like, and what your past holds do not define you as an individual-- 10 you are what you make yourself to be.” - Kat Von D MAKEUP

In 2008, Von D created and launched a make-up line for Sephora. She has released new collections every year and has expanded her line to include fragrances. In 2012, through Sephora, her New American Beauty Art Tour benefitted the Art of Elysium charitable organization.

“Where you come from, what you look like, and what your past holds do not define you as an individual-- you are what you make yourself to be.” 11 - Kat Von D CREDIT & PUBLICATION

All informations & facts are from the Kat Von D website and credited to these site.

12 CREDIT & PUBLICATION

Holding INC., Kendo. “Kat Von D Makeup Collection | Kat Von D Beauty.” Kat Von D. Sephora. Web. 2 Dec. 2015.

“Kat Von D.” HVT. High Voltage Tattoos. Web. 2 Dec. 2015.

13 NOTHING KAT BUT VON D BEAUTY & ART

“But true individuality is more about being in tune with who you truly are, whether you’re expressing yourself physically, mentally, or spiritually; individuality arises from living without fear of what other might think or say about you and without being swayed by their opinions, leaving you free to lead life without caring about judgments made by the outside world.” - Kat Von D

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