Sharing a portfolio is a little like sending your baby off to their first day of school. You've done your best to prepare and equip them for what’s about to come, but now it’s time they stand their own ground and play nice with others.

Sometimes they come back crying and you have to fix them up, other times they impress everyone by going further than you could hope for. That’s the experience more than 50 bright creatives in Toronto shared last week at our studio as a part of the global Behance Portfolio Reviews.

On November 5, Jet Cooper hosted the 7th largest review session out of the 665 cities that joined the initiative around the world. The evening turned out to be a pleasant one both for the presenters and mentors, so much so that we extended the reviews for an additional hour. Then we called it a night, walked over to a nearby eatery, and continued conversations over food.

Photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, artists, and copywriters mingle at the studio before review sessions begin.

You've probably heard by now that we've moved to a new location, right across the park from our old office. And yes, that does mean there will be an office-warming shindig sometime soon, but for now let's do a little retrospection.

Last Friday marked the bitter sweet occasion of our last working day at Jet Cooper’s home of two years. Taking a last stroll around the office and looking at our neatly packed desks, it occurred to me how we at Jet Cooper, and perhaps many of our peers in the industry, use very similar tools for our day to day task: thinking.