This is my entry for the Pay It Forward Curation Contest - Week 79 hosted by @pifc. The contest is run by @thedarkhorse and judged by me, @tryskele, @lynncoyle1 & @viking-ventures.

Nowadays it ain't so easy to find undervalued works on Steem, is it? Looks like something is changing. 😉

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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 authors I've been following for a while and who are quite talented: @zanetaviz and @curly-xu.

Here's the preview of both featured posts:

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#1 - @zanetaviz (56)

@zanetaviz joined the Steem Network over a year ago, on June 8, 2018 and she has been posting regularly ever since.

Zaneta is from Lithuania, most of her posts are about photography but today she presented us with a fabulous portrait drawing of her own. I know she doesn't consider herself to be an artist and most of the drawings she publishes are not recent, but she should think about picking up her pencils again! 😄

The featured post I picked is:

• My pencil drawing - Portrait of Anthony Kiedis

@zanetaviz has been posting very often but most of her posts are earning very little. Let's see if we can change that. :-/

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

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#2 - @curly-xu (62)

@curly-xu is an artist who joined Steem on December 26, 2018 and she has left her mark pretty quickly, with her beautiful style and her awesome posts about her work with a classroom of kids!

Her name is Oksana and she currently lives in Ukraine.

@curly-xu doesn't stick to a single style, she paints a bit of everything, from portraits to animals, as well as monsters and insects. Her works are usually funny and very powerful.

Check out her last portrait, published yesterday:

• ❗❕❗Tutorial🏺☕Still-life🍑watercolor💧😉my work🎨

@curly-xu is a good example of consistency... she's been posting very often, and usually high quality posts.

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 $1.81 and $1.25, which is not too bad, but could be better.

I think @zanetaviz and @curly-xu are very talented individuals 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		75	@laya.saa and @napa

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Contest Announcement: Pay It Forward Curation Contest - Week 79 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 @zanetaviz and @curly-xu with a few upvotes, follows, resteems, comments. 😉

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