Lili Somersaults Onto Tekken 8, With A New Costume From Superstar Artist Jasmin Darnell
The Fighting Heiress Emilie De Rochefort, or as most fans know her, Lili, has somersaulted her way onto Tekken 8 with her own trailer.
The trailer also introduces Lili’s pet cat Salt, which would be a welcome change of pace for Lili, from having to deal with the vampire hiding under the Rochefort basement. I guess she doesn’t need to take Kuma as a pet anymore after all.
Lili is from Monaco, a silver spoon who picks up an interest in fighting after getting kidnapped, and develops her own fighting style, combining elements of ballet and gymnastics with street fighting.
In the story of Tekken, she initially enters the tournaments out of curiosity, and finding Asuka Kazama as a rival. However, later on she becomes one of many fighters bearing a grudge vs the Mishima family, when her own family’s fortunes go to ruin because of the Mishima’s actions.
As Project Tekken head Katsuhiro Harada has revealed on Twitter, he commissioned Lili’s new costume from artist Jasmin Darnell.
Lili returns to #TEKKEN8 !Lili's new costume designed by Lady artist @JasminDarnell. I met her amazing talent in 2017& a few years later I ordered Lili's costume design from her. Plz visit her website (I was lucky enough to order a design from her before she became famous)! https://t.co/HVvl7d3cqm pic.twitter.com/NfFJRIbuEg
Jasmin is from a growing generation of younger artists who are making their name online even before taking on bigger projects. On her own site, Jasmin describes herself simply as “a self taught lady artist based in New Zealand. My art is mostly inspired by fairy tales, fantasy and fashion history. I use pencils, ink, markers and Clip Studio.”
And her site has links to her Instagram, Twitter, and Patreon. She’s already been
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