This is my entry for the Pay It Forward Curation Contest - Week 39 hosted by Hive account@pifc.

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.

This week I present you one artist who has just joined us and another artist who's been posting for over a year: Hive account@reggiemilliz and Hive account@credlonu.

Here's the preview of their latest artworks:

#1 - Hive account@reggiemilliz (32)

Reggie Milliz is an artist who joined the Steem Network on 24 November 2018. He's also a University student graduating in Engineering and lives in Nigeria.

The work I'm featuring from Hive account@reggiemilliz was published this morning and it's a portrait painting accompanied by a poem.

THE MAN IN THE MIRROR

The post is very simple, with no shots of the progress work but since this is only his 3rd post in this platform, I feel like Hive account@reggiemilliz can use a little bit more exposure. But what convinced me to feature him was the poem. Without it, I would have probably featured someone else instead.

Hive account@reggiemilliz has shared 3 portrait works so far and hopefully he will carry on and will improve his posting skills.

#2 - Hive account@credlonu (51)

Carlos León is a Venezuelan visual artist, an illustrator and a photographer. He joined SteemIt a little over a year ago, on December 30, 2018 and has been posting 3 or 4 excellent digital works per month, plus a few photographs.

The post I've selected from Hive account@credlonu is a beautiful digital illustration of a whale and a very nice example of his talent. This post is 2 days old.

The blue whale (digital illustration)

Hive account@credlonu includes 13 screenshots showing the various steps he went through, from the beginning to the conclusion of the illustration!

# Final Thoughts

At the time I'm writing this, both posts have very little rewards, with $0.02 and $0.58.

Hive account@reggiemilliz has just started his Steem adventure and could use some help. I think sharing a few steps of his work and letting us know the materials used would improve his posts a lot. What do you think? Please give him a few suggestions so he can improve the quality of his future posts.

Hive account@credlonu has been posting regularly for over an year and most of his works are really cool. What a great talent and quality. You should definitely start following this author.

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

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

My previous participations are here: