[Originally appeared in Tidbit, Winter 2008]
Kat Von D is not hard to miss. The star of LA Ink is covered in tattoos—a testament to her chosen art form and her vocational calling—and she can be both outspoken and a little confrontational in public view. She’s contradictory and made up of a set of compelling contradictions. What’s really so striking about Kat is not so much her rock and roll exterior, which is a suit and set of values we’ve become all too familiar with by now, but rather the substance beneath the surface. What makes up the woman behind the character we see on TV is unique and surprising, and, given her on-screen depiction, easy to miss if you’re not looking for it.
