# Tutorial w/ missing steps: outline stroke

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**Created:** [July 17, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-w-missing-steps-outline-stroke/266276 "2008-07-17T23:34:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tutorial-w-missing-steps-outline-stroke/266276/1 "2008-07-17T23:34:02Z")

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i’m having a hard time with this tutorial. i think it is missing a few steps. the part i am stuck at is the very first Step 1 Arc, Circle, Path Tool. I do everything he says, and after doing outline stroke i try to fill the object but it won’t let me. he said it should turn into a shape but they are still individual pieces.

here is the tutorial

> **[Swirl Mania in Illustrator & Photoshop](https://abduzeedo.com/swirl-mania-illustrator-photoshop)**
>
> There are lots of ways to create swirls in Illustrator, you can even download vectors from sites such as bittbox and dezignus, and if you are using Photoshop you can download brushes with those sorts of symbols. However in this tutorial I will show...

i looked up stuff on the outline stroke but everything that comes up is related to text