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How to Think Like a Spy: The Moscow Rules

In East Berlin during the Cold War and before the Wall came down, Soviet intelligence had eyes and ears everywhere. To survive, Western spies had to follow “Moscow’s rules” –

  1. Assume Nothing
  2. Never go against your Gut
  3. Everyone is Potentially under opposition rule
  4. Don’t look back, you are never completely alone
  5. Go with the flow
  6. Vary your pattern and stay within your profile
  7. Lull them into a sense of complacency
  8. Don’t harass the opposition
  9. Pick the time and place for action
  10. Keep your options open

–From the International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying

(via meloyhaberman)

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chase-stone:

The Gods of Amonkhet:  Oketra, Kefnet, Bontu, Hazoret, and Rhonas.
Art Director:  Mark Winters

I was fortunate enough to get to illustrate (and concept) all five of these guys for the latest set of Magic, Amonkhet.  It was a really gratifying experience being able to work on these from conceptualization to finished product.

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thegembeaststemple:

loopy-lupe:

I redrew a couple utena fight scenes with pearl and jasper for fun but I got so excited with it that I fleshed it out into a bigger sequence! (i think it’s about half utena, half my shots. i especially had to do the flower stab scene)

I do think it’s cool that pearl and jasper are both famed war veteran dual-wielding gems, I’d love to see them challenge/talk to each other in the future

This is beautiful and perfect. I feel blessed.