Online portfolio service Behance is getting designers together to mingle and critique each other's portfolios.
So you've created your portfolio using an online portfolio service like Behance, and you've got loads of positive feedback, both on the site itself and via social media.
Which is lovely – but at the end of the day, what you'd actually like is some constructive criticism. Because as warm and fuzzy as all those 'awesomes' and 'great works' are, they're not going to help you to actually improve your portfolio.
The human touch
To square this circle, next week (Nov 3-10), Behance is bringing together creatives in person, through a series of events held in big cities around the world called Behance Portfolio Reviews, to critique each other's work in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
To find out more about Behance Portfolio Reviews, head to the Behance website, while you can find the nearest group to you at meetup.com.
You'll need to be a Behance member to attend - but sign up is free: see our article on getting started with Behance for details.
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The Portfolio Review will take place at an amazing lecture room, which seats 90 people comfortably. Crossharbour DLR station is two minutes' walk away from the venue. All this, plus one free year of Creative Cloud membership will be raffled off to one lucky audience member. An event not to be missed – please RSVP to book your space!
Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects.
