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I used a clipart, I created time ago for my Job. Since it wasn't used, I kept it in my personal library... I'll try to re-create it. I mostly use Illustrator for creating cliparts, so I did now...
Let's start with the basic shape

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With this, add some points an deform it until you are satisfied with it. If you don't know how to do, take your own toothbrush for reference (Hope you have one! ;-) )

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Now add a few brushes, so you can see if this suits...

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Let's start making this 3D...

Step 1

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...Step 2

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...Step 3

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..Step 4

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...Step 5

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and finaly step 6

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Place it into Photoshop

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Now for the background...
Make an rectangle

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Cut the half, and transform it this way

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Place it near the center f the page, duplicate and transform it by placing it's center at the bottom (the point of the triangle) of the selection like shown

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Duplicate until you get something like this

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Put an color radial gradation over the background where the center is transparent

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Add some noise (Filter->Noise->Add) to the gradation. Add more ore less, this depends on you

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Now, it's time to put an sort of white halo behind the brush, by selecting the brush, and grow the selection (Selection->Modify->Grow) I took around 50 pixels here

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Now for the Text: I used the "Cascade script" font (This one came with my Illustrator version). This font gives a little retro feeling, but you can use any other font, depending if you like it more retro or not...

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Now for the coloring part:
1. Make your image B/W (Image->Grayscale)

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2. Transform it in 2 colors (Bichromic) - I'm using a french version of the CS5 suite, so please excuse if I don't use the original english menu-titles

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You will get this (aproximative) result, depending on what 2 colors you will define as "Bichromie"

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And finaly:

I erased a bit the striped-background, and added an Layer filled with 50% Grey, and put the "Add noise" filter on it, to give the whole poster an more grainy look. You can leave it like it is, if you don't like that grainy-effect...

Final result

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