This is my entry for the Pay It Forward Curation Contest - 1 Year Anniversary hosted by @pifc.

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The rules of this challenge are very simple: Feature 2 High Quality Original Content Blog Posts from Steemians with a reputation score of 55 or under. Exceptionally, this week, I'll be featuring 2 Steemians picked from my previous entries.

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This week I want to present you with a couple of original artists: @blue-dragon and @marya77.

Here's the preview of both featured posts:

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#1 - @blue-dragon (52)

@blue-dragon joined the Steem Network over a year ago, on January 29, 2018. He's a Cartoonist, Illustrator and a Metal Fan.

I've featured his work 10 months ago, and my featured post for this week is:

• Star Trek USS BitcoinPrice

@blue-dragon keeps posting regularly and unfortunately, his rewards haven't changed much. Let's try to change that this week, eh?

Featured Post Links: 1Ramp / Busy / SteemPeak / Steeve / SteemIt

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#2 - @marya77 (61)

@marya77 is an artist from Iran who joined Steem on April 21, 2018 and she has been posting almost everyday, often two times a day!

I've featured her about 8 months ago and my featured post this week is her most recent painting with coffee, published just a few hours ago:

• [CR]Portrait of my friends

@marya77 is an example of consistency... and over the last few weeks that consistency is finally paying off, as she finally moved out of the $0.10 to $0.15 rewards she was getting in each post. It was about time! (I'm so happy for you, @marya77! Keep up with the great work!)

Featured Post Links: 1Ramp / Busy / SteemPeak / Steeve / SteemIt

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# Final Thoughts

At the time I'm writing this, both posts have little rewards, with $0.29 and $0.10, which is ridiculously low.

I think @blue-dragon and @marya77 are very talented artists and I hope they can keep growing and evolving their talents using this platform.

I'd like to point out that the NTopaz project is exclusively dedicated to artists and their artworks and I believe you can take advantage of this, to increase your exposure on this platform. (You can use your STEEM keys to login at that site; Any post from NTopaz will be automatically visible in SteemIt.)

Please give them some love and support. Any help is appreciated.

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If you want to join the contest, here's more info about the "Pay It Forward" contest hosted by @pifc.

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My previous participations are here:

Week	Featuring		Week	Featuring
3	@lesploratore, @natashamoscow & @cebuvibes		5	@sscrow, @nikonat & @alcidsmujica
6	@neliacordeiro, @anomt & @gonzeto		7	@aleisandel, @sentanu74 & @kothy
8	@maryspace, @timmolloy & @viking-ventures		9	@permanayogi, @teafp & @dustsweeper
10	@abrahmatan & @itsdatneighbour		11	@wgustaman & @blue-dragon
12	@skinlovekin04 & @chriscomics		14	@stahlberg & @daio
15	@drowkeudrow & @christianyocte		16	@escfrancis & @marzukie
17	@artbynadine & @unyimeetuk		18	@marya77 & @lady-idra
19	@michellebonaroti and @connor-russo		20	@maya525 and @stuffing
21	@kryptik.tigrrr3d, @rebeca.just20 and @papersmell		22	@vesteban and @haiyentree
23	@adelair and @edanya		24	@mushroomdreams and @sweettais
25	@jeremyrfk and @armandosodano		27	@spi.der and @maysi-art
28	@hedenus and @helenelenoble		29	@marcocosta and @papersmell
30	@alkor and @francisftlp		31	@taifavre and @misssadeyes
33	@thedudebroguy and @madstalfos		34	@faffy and @seanbon
36	@saqib-bashir and @matteopaints		37	@carloscaat and @fragarixie
38	@e254e and @perazart		39	@reggiemilliz and @credlonu
41	@irisnova and @teammoney		42	@miewdrawings and @elfmyselfandi
45	@clareartista and @roveana		46	@giomatos and @marylucy
50	@heyjess and @the7thart

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Pay It Forward Curation Contest - 1 Year Anniversary hosted by @pifc.

If possible, I'll be buying 2 SBI (@steembasicincome) shares - one for each artist - with the rewards from this post.

Please support @blue-dragon and @marya77 with a few upvotes, follows, resteems, comments. 😉

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