This is my entry for the Pay It Forward Curation Contest - Week 75 hosted by @pifc. The contest is run by @thedarkhorse and judged by me, @tryskele, @lynncoyle1 & @viking-ventures.

It's been a long time since my last participation. Yep, my last entry was 4 months ago. The reason I've stopped entering weekly is because I am already following a big list of authors and my Voting Power can't handle any more... and since I don't find it fair to feature two authors and not support and follow them myself, I decided to put my regular entries on a hiatus.

Anyway, here I am with a brand new entry.

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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 65 or under. The submitted posts must have less than $2 earnings at the moment.)

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I want to present you with a couple of artists I've been following for a while and who are still flying under the radar: @laya.saa and @napa.

Here's the preview of both featured posts:

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#1 - @laya.saa (54)

@laya.saa joined the Steem Network almost a year ago, on October 15, 2018 but she only started posting 3 months ago. From that moment, she has been pretty active and she already learned how to use different Steem interfaces such as DTube, 3Speak, SteemPeak, eSteem...

Her drawings are quite cool and with a very unique style. She specialises in doing pencil portraits but I'm sure she would succeed at other styles, if she wanted to.

The featured post I picked is:

• original drawing of a happy lady

@laya.saa has been posting regularly but most of her posts are earning very little, sometimes they don't even break the dust mark. :-/

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

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#2 - @napa (59)

@napa is an artist who joined Steem on January 10, 2018 and she has become a very regular and consistent blogger!

@napa doesn't limit herself to a single style, having already posting everything from ragdolls to little sculptures as well as paintings of flowers and portraits. Her works are usually funny and quite charming.

Check out her last portrait, published yesterday:

• My daily drawings ** portrait **

@napa is a good example of consistency... she's been posting regularly for almost 2 years now.

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

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# Final Thoughts

At the time I'm writing this, both posts have little rewards, with $0.02 and $0.18, which is really, really low.

I think @laya.saa and @napa are very talented artists and I hope they can keep growing and showing off their talent and skills using on the Steem Network.

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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 entries 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		52	@blue-dragon and @marya77
56	@pecesitaaleja and @lionsaturbix

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Contest Announcement: Pay It Forward Curation Contest - Week 75 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 @laya.saa and @napa with a few upvotes, follows, resteems, comments. 😉

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