Recreating This Look

How do i create this effect:
[img]http://i50.tinypic.com/ao0049.jpg[/img]
I see it used a fair bit but i cant seem to get anything close to it. Thanks.

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    - I've tried creating my own brush using vector spray paint, no luck!
    - I've tried looking for illustrator brushes online, no luck!
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    There is nothing wrong with a 1-bit diffusion dither object being raster, as far as printing results is concerned. Such images date back to the days of MacPaint and Hypercard. They are same-size (historically usually 1-point) pixels, randomly distributed at varying frequencies to suggest tones (as opposed to individual printer spots being combined to build varying size halftone dots).
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    Illustrator sorely needs to provided a diffusion dither option in its Rasterize command for 1-bit color depth (as I've been arguing for years) instead of its lame pattern diffusion. Then this effect could be applied easily and quickly to any object, either as a "nailed down" rasterization, or as a live effect.
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    How to get this look in Photoshop or by any other online application?

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