How do you put stripes in your picture with photoshop?

Question

ive seen this around a lot and ive been trying to figure out how to do it but im stumped.help please? here is an example http://i23.tinypic.com/mhq8tx.png

Answer 1

The background layer is made with a brush. They call it Rising Sun and you can download it here (it's free):

http://www.brusheezy.com/brush/231-Rising-Sun-Brushes