Marika Vesco
Art Appreciation
Mr. Miller
November 30th, 2016
Artist of Tattoos Katherine von Drachenberg also known as Kat von D is a tattoo artist, model, musician, business owner, entrepreneur, and a tv personality. Kat was born on March 8th, 1982 in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Her father is Rene Drachenberg who is German and her mother is Sylvia Galeano who is Italian-Spanish. Kat has a close bond with her brother Michael von Drachenberg and her sister Karoline von Drachenberg. Kat and her family moved to L.A. and settled in Colton, California when she was four years old. At the age of six she started Piano lessons. She gives the credit of introducing her to art to her grandmother; by playing the piano, listening to Beethoven who
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This tattoo was given to her by her neighbor Oliver Guthrie who did three more tattoos on her that she later had removed. The other three tattoos were a New York pinup on her left ram, a rose and wrench on her right calf, and a flaming music note on her left shoulder. Her first tattoo was on her friend of a misfit skull. When she was sixteen she dropped out of school to become a tattoo artist; In 1998 she stated at Sin City Tattoo. Over the next few years she worked in several different tattoo parlors until she became successful at True Tattoo. Kat became one of the busiest tattoo artist in L.A. She worked with Tim Hendricks, Clay Decker and Chris Garver; these co-workers recommended she go work at Miami Ink. In 2005 Kat took Darren Brass spot at Miami Ink, which was also a tv series on TLC at the time. Miami Ink helped Kat rise with fame after displaying her realistic tattoo portraits. Due to constant verbal disagreements with the Owner of Miami Ink she was fired. She returned to Los Anglos at this time and opened her own shop called High Voltage Tattoo which was in Hollywood; She started her own t.v. show L.A. Ink in 2007. L.A. Ink lasted for four seasons ending in 2011. During L.A. Ink in 2007 Kat set a Guinness world record for making the most tattoos in 24 hours with her total being 400; this was later topped by her husband Oliver Peck in 2008 who …show more content…
She did some guest appearances on talk shows. She appeared on Pimp my ride in 2004, Bams Unholy Union in 2007, Madtv in 2008, and I Love Jenni in 2013. Some movies she appeared in was Bam Margera Presents: Where the Fuck is Santa? In 2008, and the bleeding in 2009. Kat got #62 on the list of “Hot 100 Worlds Most Beautiful Women” by Maxium magazine. She is covered in some amazing art work as well. She has a tattoo of Beethoven which is her favorite as I mentioned earlier. Kat also has some of her favorite bands emblems as tattoos; ZZ Top, Misfits, AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses and many more. She has tattoos of portraits of her father, mother and sister. Tattoos are her way of showing what she loves. “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
Robyn Fenty the Barbadian superstar also known as Rihanna started out known as a cookie cutter teen pop star after she moved to the United States at sixteen years old. Born on February 20, 1988 in St. Michael, Barbados she grew up in a 3 bedroom house with her mom, dad, three brothers and two sisters. She worked with her father at a vendor booth selling clothes, although most of their money went to support her father’s drug and alcohol addictions. She began signing when she was seven with two of her classmates but it wasn’t until she was sixteen that she met Evan Rogers and began to work with him and moved out of Barbados. A year after moving to the states she was asked to meet with Jay-z at DefJam Records where she
My senior project was over the History of Tattooing, I chose this as my topic because Tattoos really interest me with all the different styles and meanings behind them. Some things I already knew about Tattooing is a lot of tribes used tattoos to symbolize things, but I didn’t know what.
Although she got her first tattoo at the age of 19, it wasn’t necessarily by choice as Harry Bartrem had convinced her to get a tattoo with the promise of fame and fortune when she replied to an ad in the newspaper looking for models who were willing to shave their eyebrows.
City units were dispatched to a call of a disturbance at 938 Water St., apartment 206. The RP said they did not see the disturbance/argument, but could hear yelling and banging around. The RP said that they went in the hall and could see the front door to the apartment smashed in. The RP also said that the male half is named Gary and owns the Tattoo parlor down stairs around the block. The RP advised that the female half is named Tiara.
Katherine Dunham was an African American women who was known for many things throughout her life, more specifically her dance career. Katherine was born on june 22nd , 1909 in a Chicago hospital, but moved to a small place in illinois. Katherines mom died when she was three and her father got remarried; moving them into a fairly white neighborhood. Growing up Katherine enjoyed writing and dancing. When she was 12 she wrote a book called “ Come back to Arizona” that is in volume 2 of The Brownie Book. Katherine started her college career at the University of Chicago where she studied anthropology. While in school she became greatly interested in studying dance abroad. When Katherine received many grants to travel to the caribbean and study dance
Katherine Dunham was born June 22, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois (“Katherine Dunham Biography” 1). After her mother’s unexpected death four years after her birth, Dunham would be sent to live with her aunt who would give Dunham her first exposure to music and dance (“Katherine Dunham” Contemporary Black 2). Although she had loved
stories. Not always she was willing to tell one of them, but, fortunately, this was not one of those nights. She asked everyone to come closer and showed them one of her tattoos, on a spot on her left shoulder, usually hidden by her long black hair.
She put in on her wrist because she admitted to cutting her wrist. She also has one on her side that says, "You make me beautiful. " In 2011, she admitted she has a bipolar disorder. She is four years sober.
Most outlines are in black, especially cartoons, but Jenna wants her tattoo only to be light blue. Jessica outlines a small star, about half and inch by half an inch, in light blue on the center of Jenna's wrist. As Jenna is tense and balls her first up, Jessica has to slow down with the tattoo because muscles are tightening up in Jenna's wrist. Blood drains from her skin, as most fresh tattoos make the skin seem as if it is cut, and Jessica uses "white-wash" (regular paper towels) to clean the area with carbonated water to release oxygen in the skin. Also, Jenna has to stop tensing up before Jessica can proceed with the process, so communication is a big key in tattooing.
Mikes an Omaha native who graduated from Millard South High School where he met his wife. They have been together for 20 years and have two great children. After high school, he continued on to get an associate’s degree in Computer-Aided Drafting and began a drafting career with a local architect. A year later, he decided to continue his education in the subject of his true passion art, attaining an associate degree in Graphic Art and Design. For as long, anyone could remember Mike had always loved to draw, on anything he could get his hands on. While in his Graphic Arts program, he began to see art in a new way and unlocked many unknown talents he was excited to implement into his drawings. After receiving his associate’s degree in Graphic Art and Design, he was not exactly sure what field of art would best fit his talents. Mike embarked on his tattoo career in 2008; Mike received training and the interest for tattooing at a local Omaha tattoo shop. Following a number of years of working in two regional tattoo shops, as well as owning a studio for a time. Mike began his journey with Nuclear Ink Custom Tattoo in 2013.
Alicia Augello Cook (Alicia Keys) was born on January 25, 1981 in Manhattan, New York. She started piano lessons at the age of 7. She attended Manhattan’s Performance Art School and majored in choir. Alicia was able to graduate at 16 because of her great talent.Through her high school years, she had attracted many record companies. In 1998 she signed a deal with Arista Records. She was accepted into Columbia University on a full scholarship.
Kara Walker was born in Stockton, CA, 1969. She was raised by her father, Larry Walker, who worked as a painter. Kara knew by the age of of three that she wanted to be an artist. When she began she had the intentions of creating fine art, as she grew she started getting into several types of art and creating several pieces in order to tell stories or make a statement rather than trying to achieve beauty. "I guess there was a little bit of a slight rebellion, maybe a little bit of a renegade desire that made me realize at some point in my adolescence that I really liked pictures that told stories of things. Genre paintings, historical paintings. The sort of derivatives we get in contemporary society," Kara Walker said this during an interview
Urban happily signed his initials on DeCaprio's shoulder, and now she has a new KU tattoo to show off.
They are ubiquitous, having entered the circle of glamour and the main stream of fashion, and they have become increasingly common feature of our urban youth”
Katherine Heigl's acting debut came with That Night in 1992, and she became a prominent star with Grey’s Anatomy in the early '00s. A few polemics and publicists later, NBC’s State of Affairs finally brought her back to the small screen and her career seems to be taking off again. We are reviewing some little known facts about the actress!