Sherwin

Sherwin

He is the main character, along with Sherwin's Heart and Jonathan, the animated short film for students 'In a Heartbeat'.

Appearance
Sherwin is a 13-year-old lanky boy. He has curly red hair with an undercut hairstyle, the longest hair on the top of the head. His ears protrude, and he has freckles on both cheeks and on the bridge of his nose. He has brown eyes. It is shown both in the concept of art and in the trailer that is a little lower than Jonathan, and that is a little less built

In the short, Sherwin wears a school uniform which comprises of a dark blue sweater with a badge on the right side over a white shirt, and a yellow tie (not very visible). In addition to this, he wears dark grey trousers turned up at the bottom, as well as shiny black uniform shoes.

Personality
It is shown that Sherwin has assurance that shows very well. In the film, Sherwin struggles to reach an agreement with his sexuality, and away from Jonathan.

Sherwin's Heart
Sherwin seems to be in confrontation with his own heart, not wishing to out himself to Jonathan. His heart remains jovial though and keeps trying to bring Sherwin physically closer to his crush.

Jonathan
Sherwin finds Jonathan attractive physically and personality-wise, but is too shy to out himself to him on his own. It is implied in concept art that he succeeds in doing so with the help of Sherwin's heart and Jonathan doesn't reject him.

Trivia

 * Sherwin has changed a lot since the early stages of character design, but he has always had a hairstyle and "undisciplined."
 * In the ‘The Fault in our Hearts’ parody poster of the film ‘The Fault in our Stars’, Sherwin takes the place of the character Hazel (originally played by the actress Shailene Woodley).


 * In the ‘Broke-Heart Mountain’ parody poster of the film ‘Brokeback Mountain’, Sherwin takes the place of the character Minnie del Mar (originally played by the actor Heather Ledger).
 * In one of the early sketches, Sherwin is seen to be playing the triangle whilst wearing a marching band costume.
 * In another, he seems to be dancing rather awkwardly while Jonathan seems to be doing so with more ease.
 * Beth David created an alternative universe where both Sherwin and Jonathan are girls, and named the one based off of Sherwin "Sherwina".
 * Sherwin’s dominant hand seems to be his left one, as he uses it automatically to snatch at his heart.
 * If you look at the top of the parody poster you can see a quote referencing the iconic "Okay?" "Okay" but instead it says "Gay?" "Gay".