Her claim to fame was as shop manager on LA Ink , but these days, Pixie, whose real name is Amber, is a triathlete, yogi, and fitness enthusiast, according to her Instagram. Tattooing since he was 15 years old, Corey made a name for himself at a young age in the tattoo industry.
Though his time on TV has come to an end, he still works as a tattooer in his own shop called Six Feet Under. View this post on Instagram. Per Kat, this depiction was one of the reasons she stopped filming LA Ink. After show-favorite Pixie Acia left the series following the first season, she was replaced by Aubry Fisher in the show's third season.
Fisher, no stranger to reality television she appeared on VH1's Rock of Love , was brought in to stir up drama. Her time on the show also only lasted a single season. Season three of LA Ink was all about bringing the drama. Kat and Aubrey quarreled, and the shop went head to head with another well-known inking establishment, American Electric.
This rivalry was supposed to showcase Kat's team and paint them in a good light, but American Electric had their act together and head tat artist, Craig Jackson, actually made Kat's crew look worse! LA Ink showcases the team of expert tattoo artists giving ink to their artsy-hungry customers, but any old ink-seeker was not likely to get their body art from Kat and the crew who we saw on television.
Every day customers didn't waltz in on film days to get inked, and when they were able to get through the doors of High Voltage, they were likely to be tatted up by a B-Team of artists. Some reality shows have to infuse their plots with more drama to bulk up the ratings, but not LA Ink.
Word on the street is there was never any shortage of drama with Kat Von D and her tattoo crew. In fact, there was so much drama on this hit reality show that much of it had to be edited out! Calling all customers! LA Ink didn't just film any old ink-seeking customer, the patrons that we saw on the series were interviewed before they ever sat down in the tattoo chair.
Interestingly, many tattoo artists say that they don't typically let customers pour their heart out while they're getting inked, as the artists need to concentrate on what they're doing rather than be distracted by tales of new children and departed pets.
But watching someone getting tattooed in silence doesn't exactly make for great television. While Hannah Aitchison-- who was a featured artist on LA Ink for its first two seasons but was left out of the season three restructuring-- is a renowned tattooist in her own right, her brother Guy has a much more impressive history in the industry.
Featured as a guest tattooist on LA Ink from time to time, Guy's list of celebrity clients on would make anyone envious. Zombie is a celebrity in his own right in the tattoo world for his impressive collection of ink, and to know that it all started with a Guy Aitchison piece has to make the tattooist feel pretty proud. While it might not be entirely fair to call it a publicity stunt since the profits went to charity, it was nonetheless a clever bit of marketing when Kat decided to try and set the world record for most tattoos given in a hour period and have it chronicled on LA Ink.
By the end, she had tattooed "L. Despite the money that was raised for charity, the glory of being a Guinness World Record holder was something Kat didn't get to enjoy for long. Shortly after, her ex-boyfriend, Oliver Peck, set out to break her record specifically as an act of revenge, and he successfully broke her record by tattooing people in 24 hours.
For what it's worth, that act of vindictiveness was soon put to shame when Peck's record was broken by several subsequent tattooists who nearly doubled that number. The current record stands at , set in by Phoenix-based artist Hollis Cantrell. In addition to LA Ink giving the false impression that people could just walk right into High Voltage Tattoo and have their torsos tattooed on TV by Corey Miller or Amy Nicoletto in a matter of minutes, it also misrepresented another major aspect of tattooing: how long the inked art takes to apply.
Big, complex tattoos that take up someone's entire arm or back and have dozens of tiny details typically take multiple visits of several hours to complete. And yet, the customers on LA Ink seemed to be able to get massive pieces done in a single afternoon visit. In addition to multiple appointments being cut together to look like one, the customer and the artists would both have to make sure to wear the same clothes and wear their hair the same way so as not to give away that the tattoo was taking multiple visits across multiple days to finish.
Kat eventually added "make-up designer" to her long list of titles when she launched the brand Kat Von D Beauty. In addition to a line of various types of make-up, the star of the brand is definitely the liquid lipstick. And, just like everything else Kat is involved with, her lipstick hasn't been without its share of controversy. In an effort to put her own personal stamp on her lipstick, Kat gave the shades names like "Crucifix" deep chocolate , "Damned" black cherry , "Bauhau5" deep raspberry , and "K-Dub" bold fuchsia.
But some of the names drew criticism, starting with "Celebutard," which beauty store chain Sephora pulled from its shelves following huge backlash. Kat also took heat for a shade called "Underage Red," though that one remains on sale with Kat defiantly refusing to pull it or even apologize for it. Almost every season, there was different management.
After Pixie was sacked, Naheed Simjee joined the cast and became the new manager of High Voltage tattoo. Unlike Acia, though, Naheed didn't bring the same drama and energy to the shop and show. Perhaps that's why in the third season, she was no longer there and replaced with a more reality TV seasoned cast member by way of Aubry Fisher pictured. Her presence caused a lot of tension among cast members, and she had an ongoing feud with one of the shop's tattoo artists named Corey.
Midway into the season, Kat Von D fired Fisher after confronting her about her behavior in the shop posted on YouTube. But it wasn't just managers getting shown the door on "LA Ink. In fact, it was tattoo artist Kim Saigh who complained about Acia's management, which evidently led to her firing. Saigh was an original artist when the show premiered, but she, too, would be out. When Season 3 came around, she was gone.
And she didn't go alone. Another artist named Hannah Aitchison was also no longer part of the cast, and the show's third season went on without them pictured as they were replaced. They were not fired by Von D though, which leaves the assumption that their departure was behind the scenes and likely by the network.
He was Kat Von D's friend and mentor.
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