Chicago may ban small plastic bags because they are often used for drugs. I wonder what implications this will have for businesses selling body jewelry. Illinois has always been notoriously unsympathetic to the body mod industry, only recently taking the legal tattoo age down from 21 to 18. According to the article:
…one reasonably should know […]

Some of Alana’s Derek Hess tattoos have made their way onto his site.
Though I’m not a fan of Derek Hess’ work, Alana really enjoys tattooing his designs since the style and line work are drastically different than typical tattoo art.

The theme of the episode is Kat’s dramatized self-intervention. She gets wasted, says something to upset her boyfriend and decides to stop drinking. Hmm, probably a good idea since her party antics got her fired from Miami Ink, and it appears she doesn’t have much involvement managing her own shop. The last thing I ever […]

The previews for this show frame it in such a way to suggest a lot of drama will happen each episode. But this is almost entirely gimmick, and very little actually happens. It took until the end of the episode before Kat decided to “lay down the law” with Pixie after being a big passive […]

What’s up with the creepy new title credits that sound like the movie Seven?
Kat talks a lot of shit about running a business, but she ran off and left Cory in charge. How can she expect her “employees” to take her seriously when she takes off whenever she wants? Secondly, the artists themselves are […]

Though is was only four days, this week has been hectic. It’s rained the last four Mondays in a row, and the weather has been generally unpleasant so the dogs aren’t getting enough outdoor time. This means Harper (the devilish one on the right whose fur is all smooshed to the side of her face […]

Television tattoo artists are in the unfortunate position of ambassadors between the tattoo world and the so-called “normal” world. It’s certainly less than ideal, but this is how TLC chooses to present their reality franchises, as insight into lives and professions most of us will never experience. Little People Big World is a perfect example […]

I believe this is the first episode of LA Ink where Kat doesn’t tattoo a celebrity. Instead she accompanies some girl’s lame sob story with equally lame lettering. “I came out, and my parents said they still loved me. It was real sad.” Yeah I definitely feel for you, wow what a life changing experience. […]

What can I say about this episode that I haven’t said already? Most of the customers are ridiculous, and most of the tattoos are flash grade crap.
Kat Von D only deigns celebrities worthy of her services. She has an astounding collection of bug-like sunglasses. And she instigates drama at every given opportunity. Sounds like […]

Kat’s 5 hours late which is completely unacceptable and unprofessional for any artist let alone supposed shop owner. Were she working for anyone else she would’ve been fired- again. She continues the show’s trend of only tattooing celebrities, presumably to keep the ratings up. After making the guitarist of My Chemical Bromance and his hired […]