Legendary tattoo artist and LA Ink star Kat Von D turns 27 this weekend. Click through photos of the tattooed beauty

Tattoo artist and fanatic Kat Von D has vowed never to have her chest inked - because she doesn't want to give the opposite sex any reason to stare at her breasts.

Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D has credited rocker boyfriend Nikki Sixx for helping her kick her alcoholism.

Motley Crue rocker Nikki Sixx is dating America's most famous female tattoo artist, Kat Von Drachenberg. The bassist, who split from his wife Donna D'Errico in May 2006 after nearly 10 years of marriage, has been friends with divorcee Von Drachenberg since last summer.

Roy Orbison's son Alex is to wed tattoo artist Kat Von D. Heavily tattooed Kat, who fronts TV show L.A. Ink, accepted the Whitestarr drummer's proposal last month, and the couple made it official at Warner Music's post-Grammy Awards party on February 10.

Every since the strike, there have been so many reality shows popping up all over the place. I haven't been the biggest fan of the reality TV scene. Most of the reality is scripted or instigated by producers. Or, as seen lately, a desperate attempt to film time slots.

My Chemical Romance rocker Frank Iero's new tattoo will feature on hit reality show L.A. Ink. The guitarist's skin art - on his upper arm - features the image of his grandfather Frank, along with the phrase 'My family, my hero' in Italian.

Jackass star Steve-O has been dumped by his tattoo artist girlfriend Katherine Von Drachenberg, who is one of the featured skin artists in reality show L.A. Ink.

Expanding its digital content offering, Discovery just launched ad-supported, full-length episodes of popular series and specials from across its stable of U.S. networks on its websites and VOD.

On average, more than 2.8 million people tuned in Tuesday night at 10 p.m. to see "LA Ink's" star Kat Von D return to Los Angeles, assemble her new crew, and start building her new shop in Hollywood.