April 23, 2026
Reviewing David Drebin's Dream Series
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David 85% Arseni 15%
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David
But I would get rid of these here. No one's ever asked for them. No one cares. You know what I mean? Like.
0:00
Arseni
You would get rid of. Hold on. Let me see.
0:09
David
I would get rid of a lot of these, a lot of these.
0:13
Arseni
Yes. Because it's hard to recognize David Drebin when you look at these images.
0:19
David
Look, I'd get rid of those, too. I'd get rid of a lot of these images. Like, a lot of these images.
0:24
David
Really.
0:34
David
The-- I would get rid of like, so many of these. And if anything, what I would do is I'd probably take ten of these images and maybe put them in special projects with design. But that's a-- I don't know. I don't know if I wanna do that. Like, I just. I don't know. I think a lot of these images, if I think they're really good, then I would put them in I would put them in backdrops that we already have for limited edition.
0:35
David
There's just, there's so many artworks here that are just, they're just never gonna, they're-- No one's-- They're just never gonna sell, you know? Like, I really like, I really like these here. Lo.
1:11
Arseni
I asked you this question ten years ago, and you always said, "No, I don't want a password-protected archive for people.".
1:24
David
No, I don't want that. I don't want that. I don't want that, no. Nope. You know what I would do with the Dream series?
1:33
Arseni
Nope.
1:43
David
I would literally take the majority of these images and make one video. Boom, of everything. Just to show.
1:44
David
But the thing is, because some of these images, they just. They're cool, but the. It's really hard to see what's really going on. A small pair of legs is, like, a centimeter. You know what I mean?
1:52
Arseni
Yeah.
2:07
David
So, -
2:08
Arseni
Do you want to do a zoom mode where you click a button, you really blow it up eight times to twelve times?
2:08
David
No. But I'm looking at the Dream series right now. A lot of it looks dated to me. If I'm just gonna be really objective about David Drebin, it's very dated. It's just dated.
2:18
David
And it's too much.
2:32
David
It-- They make for great. If you send this to me, it'll be great on Instagram, but not my site, right?
2:34
David
Look, I really wanna pare this right down. Like, these gone. I would want you to send me all these, put all these images on my Dropbox, so I can use them as con- as content, but it's not on my site.
2:43
Arseni
No. Which images you want on your Dropbox?
3:00
David
If we went, if we went through, if we went through the Dream series.
3:04
David
Together.
3:10
David
Not now, but together.
3:11
David
I would probably say to you that I want. I'll tell you right now. I'm looking right now at Dream series, okay?
3:13
David
I would do, I would do. Hold on a second. I'll tell you how many I would want to put in settings. Ready?
3:23
David
Looking right now, okay? In settings. Ready?
3:33
David
Here I go.
3:37
Arseni
New settings or old settings?
3:38
David
New set-- New or old, doesn't matter.
3:40
David
Just any settings. I don't wanna, I don't really wanna. It's like it's like they move images off the wall in the gallery. They don't build a new gallery to hang on image.
3:43
David
You would just reuse the gallery walls.
3:57
David
It's like we just rotated images out.
4:00
David
Right?
4:04
David
I'm going through the entire Dream series right now, okay? And I literally. This is all amazing content. This would make for a really cool video on my site somewhere with all these images. I might put this in a setting right here. I might put this in a setting right here. Hold on a second. Give me a second. I would actually just want all these images i-in a, on Dropbox as content for my Instagram. I don't think I would have any of these images in a new setting. Not really. I mean, maybe this one too. I would put this one in a setting also. This is a great one in the setting. I would do existing settings with maybe. Ready?
4:05
David
Maybe five images total.
4:57
David
I would not have a Dream series section. No Dream series.
4:59
Arseni
Wow.
5:03
David
Look at it. I like them, but they're not selling-- They're not part of the brand. That's just content for social media and for the team to make videos. They can make videos with that stuff, too. No problem.
5:03
David
But they're not in settings, and they're. I really-- I'm telling you, I wanna take the site down fifty percent.
5:20
Arseni
Magic Highway looks great. Did anybody buy this?
5:28
David
No.I know. It's great. It's such a great shot. I know, right?
5:31
David
What we can do is w-- you and I, we'll go through these, and if there's something that we really think is great, we'll put them in existing settings, but probably five images total.
5:37
David
We're gonna lose that series. We're gonna lose that. So we're losing four sections. There's no dream series section.
5:51
Arseni
And dreams or nightmares. Didn't anybody buy this?
5:59
David
Never sold it.
6:02
Arseni
Wow. 'Cause it's just.
6:03
David
But I love it.
6:05
Arseni
-such a David Drubbin image. Like.
6:07
David
But maybe we put that in settings. We'll choose five to put in limited edition.
6:09
David
Right?
6:16
David
And then if we go to dre-- if we go to Dreamscapes. One second. Hold on a second. Like, if we go to Dreamscapes. Hold on. Okay, perfect. She's here. She'll be here. She'll be here in six minutes, the slut. If we go to Dreamscapes. I don't know. If we go to, if we go to Diamond Dust, I can tell you right now when we go to Diamond Dust, that I would wanna get rid of I would wanna get rid of. I'll tell you what I wanna get rid of. I would wanna get rid of I'm looking at it right now. I would wanna get rid of, in Diamond Dust, I would wanna get rid of Dripping. I love Dripping with Love, and I would keep that. I would wanna get rid of High Rise NYC.
6:17
David
'Cause it's too dark. I'd get rid of that. I would get rid of Spotting Rose, the flower. Lose that.
7:15
David
I would get rid of I would get rid of. Hold on a second. I would get rid of Sleepless in New York.
7:24
David
No one wants that. I love it, but no. I would get rid of Double Trouble. I would get rid of, I would get rid of I'd get rid of Triple Threat, and I would get rid of, I would get rid of second. I would get rid of. That's it.
7:34
David
Five images from th-that collection.
7:55
David
'Cause that, it's a, it's a small number. We have to really tighten this up. I literally am gonna, I'm gonna get rid of a ton of images. And then in the limited edition section, if I look at that really quickly, I would probably get rid of Breaking News I might get rid of. No one's buying that, right?
7:58
David
But like, I don't know if you're listening to this.
8:24
Arseni
Yes.
8:28
David
Breaking New.
8:29
David
Breaking News, I would replace, I would replace that interior with a diff- with an image from the Dream series. No one's buying that image. It's gonna be in my book, but it's not a, it's not a, it's not a limited edition series. I'd get rid of that. I would get rid of that one for sure. I would get rid of, I would get rid of. Hold on a second. She'll be here in four minutes, so. I would get rid of New York City Taxi.
8:30
David
No one's buying that. I love it. No one's buying it. And I don't like a curved wall. I'd get rid of that. I would get rid of. Hold on one second here. I would get rid of. This is a great section. This is a great section. I would get rid of. That's two. Hold on a second. I would get rid of. I'd probably get rid of Tuscan Dream. I love Tuscan Dream. But I do love Tuscan Dream, but I would probably get rid of Tuscan Dream and put something else there.
9:06
David
I like it, but i-it's no one's ever buying it. I would get rid of. Excuse me. I would probably get rid of. I would get rid of Naughty Nights also.
9:46
David
I love Naughty Nights, but I would g-- I just use that as content. I'd get rid of Naughty Nights. I'd probably get rid of Hidden Sparkle also. Love it, but no. But I would use that background for a different image that we would put there from the Dream series. These are the backgrounds that I would replace, and I would just use this as content.
9:59
David
Hopefully, you're remembering all this.
10:28
Arseni
I take-- I mean, I record, and I'll have my AI.
10:30
David
I would also get rid of. Almost done here. I like Escape to Lake Como, but I want that on a white wall, not gray. I want that on a white wall, not gray. So we just make that white.
10:35
David
And I also like. And I would add new images from the-- all the artworks I'm making with Dan. I'd make some. I would add those, right? Probably thirty images there.
10:51
David
And I would also take out. Oh, yeah, I would take out Invite Only for sure. You can't see the girl. Great shot. Can't see the girl. I'd take that out. Invite Only.
11:05
David
And I take out Flirt Alert also. Love Flirt Alert, but I would use these backdrops for other images that were better. Love Flirt Alert, content, not art piece.
11:18
David
You gotta be a harsh critic. Gotta be a harsh critic, right? I would probably l. I love Road Warrior. Never sold it, but I love Road Warrior.
11:31
David
That's it.
11:42
David
We really-- So you see how I tighten all these sections up? I'd really tighten them up.
11:44
Arseni
Yeah.
11:51
David
Right?
11:51
Arseni
Yeah. Yeah.
11:52
David
That's, so we'd lose four sections, and we'd lose in. Like, they're just. These would be great for videos and content.
11:53
Arseni
What are your art gallery show? Do they show your work knowing.
12:01
David
Oh, my God.
12:06
Arseni
No, you know.
12:07
David
You should go.
12:09
Arseni
What.
12:10
David
You should go to my galleries.
12:10
David
And click on David Drebin and see what you see. You've never done that before. It all looks pretty shit.
12:13
Arseni
But do they.
12:22
David
The gallery.
12:23
Arseni
Do they show that stuff knowing what people ask about? Or they just randomly.
12:24
David
No.
12:29
Arseni
They don't think about it.
12:30
David
Right. Nope.
12:32
David
Random.
12:33
David
Random. There's no shot of sheet.
12:34
David
I can't rely on the galleries, but I have to use them for the perception of David Drebin.
12:37
David
You understand, right?
12:45
Arseni
Yeah. Yeah.
12:46
David
I can't rely on them, so we have to really basically do the reverse of how I really feel, which is make people think I'm represented all over the world. All the testimonials with basically magazines that I have no contact with, galleries I have no contact with.
12:47
David
Strip down the site dramatically. It's almost like you go into a clothing store, and there's so many. E-all the clothes are really put together, so it's overwhelming. You don't even know where to go. Less-- Saint Laurent, I went there today. Less clothes on the wall. Less choose. Eight pairs of shoes, six pants, three blazers.
13:07
David
We gotta be like a brand.
13:31
David
Gotta really fucking tone this down. I have the vision. I know exactly what to do.
13:33
Arseni
But they would change it every season, every three months.
13:40
David
We're not doing that's not what we do.
13:44
David
We don't change it every season.
13:48
David
She's gonna be here in one minute. We don't change it every season.
13:51
David
Right?
13:56
David
But I think you get it.
13:58
Arseni
I get it.
14:00
David
What I mean?
14:01
Arseni
Kind of like scarcity a little bit.
14:02
David
Yes.
14:05
Arseni
Yeah.
14:06
David
It's fi- it's fine right now.
14:06
Arseni
Yeah.
14:09
David
And that's why I want the new site, and I want the girl. I kinda want the girl to start when we get the new site, but she can start before, and I can train her.
14:09
David
What I mean?
14:24
Arseni
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Cool.
14:25
David
Hold on a second. Yeah. You see, like, I just got. Like, as much as we like the images, it's not part of the branding. It's not part of the branding.
14:28
David
It's really hard to a-admit this, you know what I mean? But, because I love everything I've done, but I wanna just transfer it to content. You know what I mean?
14:41
Arseni
No.
14:54
David
Just like an.
14:55
Arseni
Transfer it to content in what sense? What content? Social media or.
14:56
David
For the team.
15:01
David
Right?
15:03
David
Content for the team.
15:04
David
You know?
15:06
David
And for the team to make videos and for me to put on my Instagram.
15:07
Arseni
Yeah.
15:13
David
You know?
15:14
Arseni
Yeah.
15:15
David
And that's it's good, but it's not, it's not, it's not wow. We wanna. Less is more. Less is more.
15:15
David
I have such the vision, and I like the plan. I have the girl. I like the book. I'm gonna work on it. I'm re-- I'm really excited about doing all this.
15:24
Arseni
Yeah.
15:37
David
I think you get it now.
15:37
Arseni
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
15:40
David
Right?
15:41
Arseni
Me too. Cool.
15:41
David
Hope we don't have to go. Like, we can go over this again later, but that's another series that we're losing, and hopefully, that changes the price a little bit. You know what I mean?
15:42
Arseni
Yeah. Yeah.
15:57
David
We're not-- We're losing that series too, the Dream Series. I really wanna pare this down. Big time.
15:57
Arseni
It's all about the templates. Not so much how many artworks we have or what we delete. No, it's the templates that have a unique look. Like, I don't know, Dre-Drebinology is one template. We have many, more than ten. Forgot how many, but it's all in the document.
16:05
David
But the Drebin, the Drebinology is great, but the thing is, I think a lot of those videos are dated.
16:25
David
I don't even know if I wanna have Drebinology on the site, man. I'm not sure.
16:33
Arseni
I think it looks great.
16:40
David
If you think it looks great, then fine.
16:42
Arseni
Yeah. Yeah.
16:45
David
But do we need a hundred videos?
16:46
Arseni
Probably not. You-- We could just select, cut half of them out. Just leave the ones.
16:49
David
Exactly.
16:56
Arseni
You love.
16:57
David
That's what we're gonna do.
16:58
David
We got. See what I mean?
17:00
David
I wanna cut half the Drebinology videos, and I wanna cut, I wanna cut the Dream Series, the sections.
17:03
David
The pictures.
17:11
Arseni
Cool.
17:13
David
And I wanna add more galleries and add more testimonials, okay?
17:13
David
Love it. I'll talk to you tomorrow, bye.
17:19
Arseni
Cool. Talk tomorrow.
17:22
David
Goodbye. Love you.
17:24
Arseni
Bye.
17:25