Due to recent media scrutiny, singer Miley Cyrus will be more reluctant to wear her heart on her sleeve, but the same apparently doesn’t apply to her forearm where she just got a rad little Leonardo da Vinci anatomical heart illustration tattoo courtesy of Kat Von D! Keep reading to see the photos as well as Leonardo’s original sketch from the early 1500s.

Kat Von D may have been engaged for a couple of weeks now, but the famous tattoo artist and star of LA Ink had yet to debut the black diamond engagement ring her fiance Deamau5 had custom designed just for her. The ring, which is surrounded by four skulls, is definitely a bit unconventional, but would you expect anything else from these two? Keep reading for photos of her new goth bling!

I’m sure Sandra Bullock would fully support the notion of erasing Jesse James by shooting him with lasers, which is exactly what his most recent ex did this weekend as tattoo maven Kat Von D began the process of removing the huge tattoo of 5th grade Jesse James from her side courtesy of the skilled lasers of Dr. TATTOFF, Inc.

While the rest of America was celebrating Thanksgiving weekend, singer and X Factor judge Demi Lovato was celebrating Inksgiving as she visited L.A. Ink star (and Jesse James ex) Kat Von D for the latest addition to her growing tattoo collection: a series of birds flying up her forearm beginning at her 2011 “Faith” tattoo and ending at her wrist.

In a sad game of lovers’ cat and mouse, Kat Von D and Deadmau5 are no longer an inked up item. Read their Twitter explanations here because we all know there is no better way to heal than airing your laundry out via social media.

Once again Kat Von D is unleashing some blasters on ex-boyfriend Jesse James. The man forever attached to her armpit was the target of a recent Facebook open letter in which the tattoo artist extraordinaire thanked him for having cheated on her with an an alleged 19 different women. Read a pot calling a kettle black and then think it all over with some old school Cher!

Kat Von D has revealed that she is currently in the process of recording an album. Yes. As in a music album where she plays, sings, emotes and stuff. Here at the ‘Casm we’re all about helping out folks in her situation. So, if she’s struggling for some material we’ve put together a list of 10 songs that should be theme appropriate for her debut release.

See two great clips from 2008 of Lady Gaga getting a lower back tattoo from Kat Von D just before she exploded on the pop scene with her album The Fame. The two clips feature some serious hot pants and mother monster talking about having just worked with New Kids on the Block.

Kat Von D is claiming that she quit L.A. Ink because TLC was looking to create events that didn’t happen following her breakup with bad boy Jesse James. Wait a minute! At the same time she was making this statement James and D have revealed that they are once again betrothed. Read on to get all the quotes of this madness and to see a sweet image of the two cuddling that will just warm your little heart.

Don’t you wish every time you sweated it would make a 10-year-old Jesse James cry on a rainbow? That’s exactly what happens for Kat Von D thanks to what has to be one of the most regrettable skin ink boyfriend homages ever! See a video of Jesse’s indifferent reaction to finding out his 5th grade visage is forever going to reside under Kat’s left armpit, and a large photo of what is now my favorite celebrity tattoo of all time.