Inspiring Conversations with Tyler Davis of RE5OURCE

Today we’d like to introduce you to Tyler Davis.

Tyler, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I first started drawing as a kid, heavily influenced by 1980s lowbrow pop culture like MAD Magazine, Garbage Pail Kids, and artists like skateboard and surf legends Jim Phillips and Steve Nazar, as well as subculture pioneers Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, R. Crumb, and Basil Wolverton. Interest in graffiti art was another major influence on my style.

As a teenager, I began learning Photoshop and web design, which led me into photography and graphic design. Before YouTube tutorials existed, I learned entirely from print magazines. By my early 20s, I was a fully self-taught graphic designer, photographer, and videographer.

In the early 2000s, I was hired to create album art for an indie label called Bitemark Records, based in Orange County. From there, I transitioned into advertising, working at several agencies along Miracle Mile in Los Angeles.

In 2016, I left the ad industry to launch my own design studio, EVOLM (evolm.com), which I’ve been running ever since. I now maintain a small but loyal client base that I genuinely love working with.

In 2022, I founded RE5OURCE (re5ource.com), a brand that produces limited-run skateboards, art prints, apparel, and accessories featuring my original designs. Each drop is time-limited and focused on collectibility.

In 2025, I began a new creative outlet, DJing as Tyler The Selector (IG: @tyler.the.selector), joining the DJ collective 818 Selectorz (IG: @818selectorz) and forming the duo Fear N Loathing with Rhinestone Cowboy (IG: @rhinestonecowboy.la).

For me, creativity isn’t just a career, it’s a lifelong pursuit of learning, evolution, and connection.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It definitely wasn’t smooth. When you’re young and don’t have a formal education, people don’t always take you seriously. I had to teach myself everything, design, photography, video, web, and then convince people to give me a chance. Early on, I had to prove my skills through results rather than credentials.

The first graphic designer job I landed at an ad agency gave me an assignment as a test and I got hired based on that. Six weeks later, I was promoted to Art Director. Sometimes the universe just opens doors you never expected to walk through.

There were other times I felt self-conscious around people who went to art school, but figuring things out on my own gave me range and resourcefulness others lacked. It really taught me how to adapt and learn quickly, and that’s probably what’s kept me relevant all these years.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
My main focus right now is RE5OURCE, a brand I built to merge art, nostalgia, and street culture into collectible products. It started as an experiment, combining my design background with the same underground energy that inspired me as a kid.

RE5OURCE is a creative, artist focused brand that produces limited-edition art prints, skateboards, apparel, and accessories. Every release is a short-run drop, with products available only for a limited time. Once a drop ends, that item’s gone for good. That scarcity is intentional, meant to keep each piece special.

What sets RE5OURCE apart is that it’s completely independent, a one man operation. I handle the full process, concept, design, photography, production, and packaging. There’s no team of marketers or middlemen deciding what gets made. It’s raw, personal, and driven entirely by creativity and nostalgia for rebel underground art and 80s/90s pop culture.

Brand-wise, I’m most proud that RE5OURCE has built a following purely through authenticity. No paid ads, no marketing, just work that resonates with people who love art, design, and culture the way I do.

If there’s one thing I want readers to know, it’s that RE5OURCE isn’t about mass production. It’s about culture, quality, originality, and creating special collectible art that tell a story and once a piece is gone, it stays gone.

Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
I was always drawn to art and anything a little dark or unconventional, sharks, monsters, punk rock, goth aesthetic, that kind of thing. From early on I idolized anything counter-culture and rebellious.

I always questioned everything and had a hard time conforming and doing anything the traditional way. That led to me getting in trouble in school a lot. I was arrested when I was 14 for having a knife at school, discovered when I was searched for suspicion of graffiti. I’ve managed to stay off the radar of law enforcement ever since. 😉

Early in life I found my joy in art, and film and music and that hasn’t really changed, only growing stronger over time.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://re5ource.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tyler.the.selector
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerdavisad
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/evolmindustries
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tyler-the-selector
• Other: https://evolm.com/tyler-the-selector/mixes

Image Credits
Tyler Davis, RE5OURCE.com