This image took quite a while.. I ended up modeling the church and cape in 3D and then recreating the church window in photoshop. Obviously it's not the exact same, but I tried my best to capture the overall look and feel of the original. The floating hair and flower pedals were all painted in after I finished the church. I also had to edit the model a little to get her to match the original image of Tifa. We were close, but having to do the pose with no source image at hand got the best of us.
Find the making of Leap of Faith here:
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Tifa Lockheart