07 Jul 2020

At Year13, we’re all about following your creative passion, whether that entails a notebook full of sketches, outfits you made from scratch or rolls and rolls of film, to name a few.

A few months back, we teamed up with LCI Melbourne to bring you a red-hot chance to flex those creative muscles of yours and show us that passion project that you’ve been working on.

What is a passion project, you may ask?

It’s a project that you completely do out of, well, passion! You can do it for hours without realising the time flying by. You’re always itching to get to it between the grind of school and work. You may not get much credit for it, but that doesn’t matter, because it makes you so dang happy!

So, by entering your passion project, we were giving away a chance to live your best life, studying at LCI Melbourne’s converted warehouse campus, learning from the industry’s best, surrounded by inspiring creatives. To be exact, the winner would receive:

  • A 50% scholarship to study at LCI Melbourne
  • $500 cash
  • 3 x mentoring sessions with a creative legend from LCI Melbourne

Now, we won’t be the first to tell you that this year has been a colossal mess. We had to pull the reins back on this comp for a hot minute there due to COVID, and unfortunately, the in-person event couldn’t happen. But! If we look at the glass being half full rather than half empty, we can see so many of you capitalising on that time in iso, knuckling down on your passion projects!

Even amongst the trials and tribulations of 2020, we were so blown away by the phenomenal projects that you guys shared with us. We really saw a glimpse of how talented y’all are! So never stop makin’ magic.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who entered and thank you for your patience during this rollercoaster of a year.

So, without further ado, here is our insanely talented winner (drum roll please) - Joel Parkinson!!!!!! Remember that name people because this creative soul is going places, for sure! And their first destination will of course be, LCI Melbourne! Congratulations!

Within-Without Series 

Here are a couple shots from Joel's winning series Within-Without. In his words; "it was through moments of solitude, when emotions and inspiration swelled, that I produced the powerful, deeply affecting works of Within Without that connects myself to my coming-of-age. As I have learnt, art does not have to be about monumental subjects, it can be about small moments, the mundane fragments of life". 

If you’re intrigued by this enigmatic LCI Melbourne that made this competition possible, let us quickly tell you that this is the place to be if you’re wanting to pursue animation, photography, film, textiles, art, graphic design or communication design. With customisable degrees, hands-on experience and industry professionals giving you the hot goss on the realm of creativity, LCI Melbourne is where it’s all at. I mean, just suss out their groovy as heck campus here though checking out the virtual classrooms! 

Congrats Joel! You’re gonna have a ball at LCI Melbourne! And for all of you who might not have won this time, we're teaming up with LCI again to bring you guys another chance to flex those creative muscles and win some pretty major prizes, so keep your eyes peeled!