There are probably a thousands of ways to create halftone brushes or pixel based elements. I have tried many ways but I found this is the best way to get a nice smooth clean look almost vector like edges. However you will need a copy of Photoshop and Illustrator. You might have a better way but this is my recipe! By the way this is my first Tutorial I have ever written. So for all those who have asked me to do a tutorial...here it is, hope it was worth the wait!
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I tried it the photoshop (CS4 & CS5) way and I was not getting those clean vector like edges, they were jagged and too pixelated so I kept playing around with it and finally I came up with this version. But like I said there are a number of ways to do this but this is the one I like cause I get a great effect no matter what the shape every time.