Drafting and Planning- NME Creative Task

During this creative task, I produced my own NME magazine front cover, with a picture chosen by our teacher, Mr Stevens. Paint.net was the first program used, in which I moved the image and masthead, and arranged them to make a suitable structure for a magazine. I then imported this onto a publisher document. Next, I added a suitable main cover line, two other cover lines, a bar code and dateline, and a pug. I think this was quite simple to complete, as I have done it all previously at GCSE. I think it is a good idea to do most of the designing on publisher as it is a easier process, and I feel less likely to make an error.  
To improve this cover I could have made the cover lines closer together and without the bullet points. The pug could also not look so ridiculous, and I could have more detail, as there is negative space. 

By doing this task, I learnt more about the conventions of a magazine front cover. I learnt how to use cover lines and pugs effectively.