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    • Source: LA Ink

      • LA Ink is an American reality television show on TLC that follows the events of the High Voltage Tattoo (and, later in the series, American Electric) tattoo studios in Los Angeles, California. The spin-off of TLC's Miami Ink, premiered on August 7, 2007.
      In August 2011, TLC announced the cancellation ahead of the mid-season four premiere. However, the show was picked back up by the network, and continued for 3 more seasons. All 7 seasons are available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.


      Background



      After leaving the hit program Miami Ink because of a dispute with her fellow cast members, Kat Von D moved back to Los Angeles to open her own tattoo shop and was offered a spin-off show. Initially, she hired her close friend Amber "Pixie" Acia to be the shop manager, and her good friend Corey Miller as a tattoo artist. After considering many more artists for the job, Von D hired Hannah Aitchison and Kim Saigh to work for her as well. The cameras follow her as she opens the shop, while capturing everything that unfolds in between.
      Each customer coming into the shop usually has a story or reason behind their tattoo. On occasion, even known celebrities make an appearance to get tattooed by Kat or one of the other artists.
      Inevitably, as the show progressed, changes occurred. Von D fired Acia during the second part of Season 1. Saigh and Aitchison left the show after the Season 2 finale. Season 3 premiered with a new shop manager, former Rock of Love competitor Aubry Fisher, but she was fired by Von D in the mid-season 3 premiere after getting into a lot of trouble with most of the people at the shop.
      Tattoo artist Amy Nicoletto was hired on a trial basis, but left to work at American Electric, owned by Craig Jackman. Tattoo artist Paulie Tattoo was also hired and quit to go to American Electric, because of lack of work. Fisher soon joined them as a "shop helper" at American Electric after she got fired from High Voltage. Fisher left to pursue her dream of becoming a make-up artist without telling Craig and was later fired from American Electric, but does make an appearance for two episodes in the fourth season when she appeared at the shop's 11th Anniversary as a guest.
      Von D broke a Guinness world record on the show, tattooing 400 people with the "LA" part of the LA Ink logo in 24 hours, giving the money raised to charity. The record was broken in June 2008 by Kat's ex-husband Oliver Peck who tattooed 415 tattoos of the number "13".
      During Season 3, Nikko Hurtado appears as a guest artist on the show several times while Von D's sister Karoline and her brother Michael also make appearances on the show.
      American Electric was the competitor tattoo shop to High Voltage during Season 3 and the first half of Season 4.


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      LA Ink premiered on August 7, 2007, averaging 2.9 million total viewers at its time slot. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the number had made the show the most-watched series debut for the cable channel at the time since the premiere of the U.S. version of What Not to Wear in January 2003. This was also the highest-rated series premiere in the history of TLC among adults 18–34, with a rating of 2.6 and a viewer count of 1.5 million. The premiere was also the highest-rated basic cable prime-time program August 7 among several major adult demographics, including 18–34, 18–49 and 25–54.


      Cast



      Ahmad Harhash (season 4)


      Episodes




      = Series overview

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      = Season 1 (2007–08)

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      = Season 2 (2008–09)

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      = Season 3 (2009–10)

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      = Season 4 (2010–11)

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      See also


      List of tattoo TV shows


      References




      External links



      Official website
      LA Ink at IMDb
      High Voltage Tattoo website
      Kat Von D website
      Making LA Ink, DV Magazine
      Members of the cast, Inked Magazine
      Q&A with Pixie Acia of LA Ink
      Kim Saigh, Inked Magazine

    • Source: La ink

      • La ink may refer to:

      LA ink, a design firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
      LA Ink, a reality show on TLC

    • Source: LA ink

      • LA ink is a design firm established in 1987 and based in Minneapolis, MN. Most notable for their pioneering work in large scale printed murals and achievement recognition installations. Some key examples of their work are the SEGD 2007 Honor Award / AIA MN Award winning "Wall of Discovery" and the Northwest Airlines hangar mural at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. At the time, the largest printed graphic in North America at 11,000 sq ft (1,000 m2). until the hangar was torn down in 2004 for airport expansion.
      In 2008 LA ink completed work on thirteen large scale mosaic murals totaling over 3200' sq and fifty 4' x 10' hanging mobiles that decorate Macalester College's Leonard Center. Also in 2008 the firm's work on the Wall of Discovery was used as a case study in Jennifer and Ken Visocky O'Grady's "Information Design Handbook"


      References



      Schnetzer, Jenny. "Taking Digital to New Heights." Signs of the Times Sept 1998: 116-117
      "Airline Hangar Gets Digital Facelift." ScreenPrinting Nov 1998: 7
      "Minneapolis firm Creates Massive Graphic for Twin Cities Airport" Micro Publishing News Midwest Edition Aug. 1998: N1, N14
      Griffith, David A. "LA Ink Scouts Southland Site for Massive Airport Graphic" Micro Publishing News Southern California Aug. 1998: 14
      "Persistence Pays Off" The Big Picture Jan.-Feb. 1999: 58,60
      O'Grady, Jenn Visocky, and Ken Visocky O'Grady. The Information Design Handbook. Cincinnati, OH: How, 2008.
      Peck, Gretchen. "Celebrating Diversity Through Art." Digital Output, XIV, NO. 12: 22
      "Animierte Architektur." Page : 41.
      Signweb Article
      SEGD 2007 award page
      AIA Minnesota award Page
      LA ink home page

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