James McVey Tattoo Guide: The Vamps' Matching Inks, Guitar & Mental Health Tribute

19 December 2018, 10:57 | Updated: 19 December 2018, 11:01

The Vamps' James McVey has quite the impressive collection of tattoos with all sorts of hidden meanings, from his beloved guitar to possible girlfriend tributes, we've got them all for you to see here!

Guitarist James McVey showed off all his amazing ink in the I'm A Celebrity 2018 camp, and we thought we'd take you through all of his super detailed and meaningful musical tattoos so you can get to know The Vamps band member even better!

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Matching semicolon with Connor

Fans rushed to praise 'Jonnor' for getting matching semicolon tattoos in aid of suicide prevention, the symbol, explained by the founder of Project Semicolon, an organisation dedicated to the prevention of suicide as: "A semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life".

Rose

When James uploaded a photo of him partying in Sweden, showing off a Rose on the inside of his arm, one fan warned James to 'be careful' with the tattoos, comparing his passion for inks on the same level as Louis Tomlinson, but the guitarist promised them he'd tread carefully!

Antlers

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🦌🌲💉 @gabbycolledge

A post shared by James McVey (@jamesmcvey) on Jun 11, 2018 at 10:30am PDT

Writing

Night and Day album promise

This particular tattoo was a promise that both James and Connor had to go through with if their album 'Night & Day: Day Edition' got to number one, as it did, so sticking to their word, the boys revealed this incredibly meaningful tribute which fans absolutely loved.

Atlas

For James' largest tattoo to date, he enlisted the help of tattoo artist to the stars, Dr. Woo, who specialises in incredibly fine, detailed inks, which can definitely be seen in this artwork of Atlas, a god who takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, which we think is such a cool idea for a tat!

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Atlas was a titan who was responsible for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders. Whenever I feel tired or like I can’t be bothered, I hope this will help pick me up and persevere. So lucky to have @_dr_woo_ do this one.

A post shared by James McVey (@jamesmcvey) on Sep 22, 2018 at 11:50am PDT

Fingers crossed

One of his more recent additions are these large crossed fingers on his upper arm, which James simply captioned 'hope'. He's been an advocate for mental health support and raising awareness about male suicide which his caption signals to with this particular ink.

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Hope.

A post shared by James McVey (@jamesmcvey) on Oct 15, 2018 at 1:59pm PDT

Guitar

To honour his greatest passion, the guitar, James opted for this genius ink of a deconstructed versional of the instrument on his inner arm.

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My guitar has taught me so much. It’s shown me the world and opened my eyes. It’s lead me to you 🤙🏼 so lucky to have @balazsbercsenyi design this for me today.

A post shared by James McVey (@jamesmcvey) on Sep 4, 2018 at 10:44am PDT

Inspirational quote

James showed off his first post-jungle ink in the form of an inspirational quote on his wrist, reading, "I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship".

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Goosebumps and ink. I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. I learnt more about myself in the jungle than ever before, and there’s still a way to go. @zayahastra

A post shared by James McVey (@jamesmcvey) on Dec 18, 2018 at 10:10am PST

Sleeve tattoo (fake)

James unveiled his first 'tattoo' to fans back in 2013 on Twitter- a full sleeve, but savvy fans quickly pointed out it was fake, which it is...nothing gets past those eagle-eyed fans.

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