It's a Bird... It's a Tornado... It's Neko Case

Two music videos from one of my favorite singer-songwriters. Neko's voice is incredible, 

and she writes gorgeous music with haunting melodies and lyrics. On top of that, many of her songs 

feature animal imagery, including Lion's Jaws, The Tigers Have Spoken, Magpie to the Morning 

and I'm an Animal. Neko's latest Middle Cyclone has received Grammy nominations for Best 

Contemporary Folk Album and Best Recording Package, and on the 31 we'll find out if she won.

Both of these videos were animated by the siblings team of Paul and Julie Mortsad.

Maybe Sparrow was included in Neko's 2006 album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.

Julie also created the cover artwork for the album.

Paul and Julie live in Vancouver and divide their time between animation, art and illustration.

Two artworks by Paul

How to make a kite by Julie

If you enjoy Julie's delicate yet powerful drawings don't miss Milk Teeth, a collection 

of her artworks in small book format published in 2008 by Drawn and Quarterly. 

Here you can see a pdf preview of some of its pages.