by Stacy Zimmer
Welcome to the fourth installment of Frequent Flyers, where we highlight, document and preserve the art behind the music. This week, we feature artist Eric Nyffeler of Doe-Eyed.
Based in Lincoln, Nyffeler has designed concert posters for bands like The Decemberists, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Mountain Goats and Magnolia Electric Company, among many others. The Columbus native has won an AIGA 365, and his work is featured in the permanent collection of The Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, as well as the books 1,000 Indie Rock Posters, Big Book of Green Design and Playful Type 2. He also designed Hear Nebraska's logo and its variations. Nyffeler's a firm believer in anti-advertising, which shows in his creative, unique style. Along with design work, he plays guitar in the dynamic math band Masses.
Nyffeler explains his inspiration for each piece below:
Russian Circles | Designed for their show at The Slowdown in Omaha. "Cold War stylee."
Biclops | "This isn't rocket science."
Andrew Bird | "Have you ever seen spurting blood look so classy?"
The Faint | "They don't play Lincoln very often, so we wanted to make something special for this show."
The Appleseed Cast | Designed to promote the Low Level Owls album, it represents how "birds have no real home, but instead are stuck between land and sky."
St. Vincent | Inspired by their song "Marrow," in which Nyffeler imagines "a family of beautiful birds taking roots in a piles of bones." 
Yeasayer | The album title, Odd Blood, seemed a good reason to draw an exploding head.
Why? | The "weird" music this band creates made Nyffeler think of a "broken prism."
Superchunk | "Mac from Superchunk told me he didn't want it rock, but wanted it new age. Thus, trippy, psychadelic, anthropomorphic smoke clouds spilling out of a pyramid."
Circa Survive | Designed as a sequel, "two decapitated animals stand face to face in a desolate landscape, oblivious to their own deaths."
See more of Eric Nyffeler's work at Doe-Eyed.com.
Email your suggestions for our next Frequent Flyer artist to Stacy Zimmer at stlyzimmer@gmail.com.