Add better looking thesis cover

FrontBackmatter/cover.tex

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+\begin{titlepage}
+\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay,line width=0mm]
+
+\tikzmath{
+%
+\hrow1=-10;
+\hcentral=-16.7;
+\linerelpos=0.6;
+\hfooter=4;
+\hstripe=0.2;
+%
+}
+
+% ======
+% HEADER
+% ======
+
+\filldraw[color=mypurple,fill=mypurple]
+(current page.north west) rectangle ($(current page.north west)+(\paperwidth,\hrow1)$);
+
+\node[inner sep=0pt] (uomlogo) at ($(current page.north west)+(0.2*\paperwidth,0.3*\hrow1)$)
+{\includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{images/frontmatter/logo-uom.png}};
+
+\node[inner sep=0pt] (iitlogo) at ($(current page.north west)+(0.8*\paperwidth,0.3*\hrow1)$)
+{\includegraphics[height=1.5cm]{images/frontmatter/logo-iit.png}};
+
+\node[align=center,color=myyellow] at ($(current page.north west)+(0.5*\paperwidth,0.7*\hrow1)$) (subtitle)
+{\Large\textsc{A thesis submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of}\\[0mm]\Large\textsc{Doctor of Philosophy}\\[0mm]\Large\textsc{in the Faculty of Science and Engineering}};
+
+\filldraw[color=myyellow,fill=myyellow]
+($(current page.north west)+(0,\hrow1)$) rectangle ($(current page.north west)+(\paperwidth,\hrow1+\hstripe)$);
+
+% =======
+% CENTRAL
+% =======
+
+\node[align=center,color=mypurple] at ($(current page.north west)+(0.5*\paperwidth,\hrow1+0.35*\hcentral)$) (title)
+{\Huge\textsc{Simulation Architectures}\\[3mm]\Large\textsc{for}\\[3mm]\Huge\textsc{Reinforcement Learning applied to Robotics}};
+
+\draw[line width=0.3mm,color=myyellow]
+($(current page.north west)+(0.3*\paperwidth,\hrow1+\linerelpos*\hcentral)$) -- ($(current page.north west)+(0.7*\paperwidth,\hrow1+\linerelpos*\hcentral)$);
+
+\node[align=center,below,color=color3] at ($(current page.north west)+(0.5*\paperwidth,\hrow1+0.74*\hcentral)$) (studentname)
+{\Large\textsc{Diego Ferigo}};
+
+\filldraw[color=myyellow,fill=myyellow]
+($(current page.south west)+(0,\hfooter)$) rectangle ($(current page.south west)+(\paperwidth,\hfooter+\hstripe)$);
+
+% ======
+% FOOTER
+% ======
+
+\draw [draw=mygrey,fill=color3]
+(current page.south west) rectangle ($(current page.south west)+(\paperwidth,\hfooter)$);
+
+\node[align=center,color=mygrey] at ($(current page.south west)+(0.5*\paperwidth,0.70*\hfooter)$) (date) {\large\spacedallcaps{2022}};
+\node[align=center,color=mygrey] at ($(current page.south west)+(0.5*\paperwidth,0.45*\hfooter)$) (school) {\spacedallcaps{School of Engineering}};
+\node[align=center,color=mygrey] at ($(current page.south west)+(0.5*\paperwidth,0.30*\hfooter)$) (department) {\spacedallcaps{Department of Computer Science}};
+
+\end{tikzpicture}
+\end{titlepage}

classicthesis-config.tex

@@ -49,6 +49,26 @@
 \newcommand{\myTime}{July \myYear\xspace}
 \newcommand{\myVersion}{\classicthesis}
 
+% ==========
+% Cover page
+% ==========
+
+% Necessary for the alignment of the logos
+\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
+
+\usepackage{xcolor}
+\definecolor{mypurple}{HTML}{6b2c90}
+\definecolor{myyellow}{HTML}{ffd400}
+\definecolor{mygrey}{HTML}{8a8c8e}
+%\definecolor{color1}{HTML}{bbbfc3} % Light
+%\definecolor{color2}{HTML}{3c424c}
+\definecolor{color3}{HTML}{303640} % Dark
+%\definecolor{color4}{HTML}{A1A4A9}
+\usepackage{tikz}
+\usepackage{fix-cm}
+\usetikzlibrary{calc}
+\usetikzlibrary{math}
+
 % ****************************************************************************************************
 % 3. Loading some handy packages
 % ****************************************************************************************************

thesis.tex

@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@
 % ===========
 
 %\include{FrontBackmatter/dirty_titlepage}
-\include{FrontBackmatter/titlepage}
+\include{FrontBackmatter/cover}
+%\include{FrontBackmatter/titlepage}
 %\include{FrontBackmatter/titleback}
 \cleardoublepage\include{FrontBackmatter/contents}
 %\cleardoublepage\include{FrontBackmatter/dedication}