Correct verbiage to describe backgroud addtions for a flyer

eager to learn · September 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM

Please forgive my noobiness but I don't know what the nouns are to describe the "curly-Qs" and scribbles people use to fill in a background on a flyer?

If you just have a photo + an illustration and text in a flyer it looks boring.

I'm trying to find either in Affinity or Pixabay or pexels where you find these kinds of background "fillers" but I don't know what they're called.

I've attached a little example from a Canva template to give you an idea of the kinds of background "figures" I'm looking for to fill in a plain background.

Thank you!

komatös · September 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM

Search for semless pattern! Or use AI if you’re familiar with it.

Seamless pattern, created with Claude.

ldina · September 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM

On Pixabay I did a search for “background” and selected ‘vector’ from the drop-down. You can refine your search as desired.

https://pixabay.com/vectors/search/background/

wyglon · September 4, 2026 at 10:39 AM

To add to what @Idina said, in version 2 of Designer (I assume this still applies in version 3):

In the ‘Stock’ tab of the studio, select ‘Pixabay’, tick ‘Vector’ and type ‘abstract background’ into the search box.

You will then be presented with a wide selection of .svg backgrounds, which you can edit if you wish once you have imported them (by dragging them onto the page).

To edit an SVG, double-click on it on the page or on its thumbnail in the layers panel; a new tab labelled ‘Embedded’ will open containing only the SVG. Make the required changes in this new tab.

Once you’ve made your changes, simply close this new tab; the changes will be saved automatically and you’ll return to your page, where the SVG will appear as you’ve edited it.

Correct verbiage to describe backgroud addtions for a flyer

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