Thanks a lot for the quick and warm welcome. I know the basics of inkscape and I understand that I need a patter (e.g. some ribbons etc) and then white on black but my main problem is exactly the creation of those patterns. I will try to get something decent... you will not know of any on-line tutor...

Hi,

as it shoud be obvious from the topic, I am trying to create a silent movie retro background for captions. Here you are some examples:

http://cort.as/1yQk

Besides creating the black background, I am totally lost. Any hint will be very much appreciated. Thanks