Surskit and Pokeball Rig – Emilio Serrano

Surskit & Pokeball Rig for Maya: Free mGear 5 Character Rig

Surskit & Pokeball Rig for Maya is available on Animworks, a curated collection of professional animation resources. Whether you are working on your first demo reel or looking for a fun character to add to your practice sessions, this free rig gives you a quality setup without any barrier to entry.

Emilio Serrano has taken one of Pokemon’s quirkiest little creatures and turned it into a fully functional mGear 5 Maya rig, complete with a rigged Pokeball that opens, closes, rolls, and squashes independently.

Surskit is an oddball design in the best way: a tiny bug-type Pokemon balanced on long, spindly water-skimming legs with an oversized head and a single antenna horn. That unusual body plan makes it a genuinely interesting animation challenge. The legs offer a ton of room for overlapping action and follow-through, while the compact body and expressive face keep your performances readable and fun.

The Pokeball is not just a static prop. It has its own dedicated rig with hinge controls for the top, mid, and bottom sections, button controls, auto-roll functionality, a squash deformer on the base, and full offset controls. That means you can animate convincing throws, catches, opens, and bounces all within the same scene file.

Both rigs are built on mGear 5 and come with full AnimPicker setups featuring custom background images, making selection and workflow fast and intuitive. FK/IK switching, visibility toggles, and clean control hierarchies are all in place, exactly what you would expect from an Emilio Serrano rig.

A great pick for Pokemon fan animation, creature animation practice, or anyone who wants to explore how non-humanoid rigs behave differently from standard biped setups. The Pokeball adds a prop animation layer that pairs naturally with the character for storytelling shots.

What’s included:

• Surskit mGear 5 Maya rig
• Pokeball mGear 5 Maya rig (with open/close hinge, auto-roll, and squash controls)
• Full AnimPicker with custom background images for both rigs
• mGear guide, Python and MEL post-scripts
• Rigged by Emilio Serrano

If you are looking for a free, well-built creature rig that goes beyond the typical biped setup, Surskit & Pokeball is a solid addition to your animation toolkit.

Surskit & Pokeball Rig for Maya: Free Professional Maya Animation Resource

Surskit & Pokeball Rig for Maya is available on Animworks, a home for professional-quality character animation rigs for Autodesk Maya. Created by Emilio Serrano, this free rig gives animators of every level the controls and responsiveness needed to produce compelling performances in Maya.

Bring Your Characters to Life

Working with Surskit & Pokeball Rig for Maya puts a unique, studio-quality creature character at your fingertips. Whether you are blocking out a Pokemon battle sequence, experimenting with creature locomotion, or exploring how non-humanoid rigs handle weight and balance differently, this rig handles every challenge with precision. The intuitive mGear 5 control system and AnimPicker setup mean you spend more time animating and less time hunting for controls.

The Surskit & Pokeball Rig for Maya is perfect for:

• Building standout demo reel shots that show range beyond humanoid characters
• Practising creature animation principles and non-biped locomotion in Maya
• Creating Pokemon fan animations, short films, and personal projects
• Exploring prop animation workflows with the fully rigged Pokeball

Industry-Standard Controls

The Surskit & Pokeball Rig for Maya features a complete FK/IK switching system, clean joint hierarchies, and clearly labelled controls built on mGear 5. Both rigs are compatible with modern versions of Autodesk Maya and integrate smoothly into professional animation pipelines. From the body and limb controls to the Pokeball’s hinge and squash systems, everything is built to help you focus entirely on your performance.

Why Download Your Rigs from Animworks?

Animworks is built by animators, for animators. Every rig, plugin, and course in our library is carefully put together to meet the standards that working professionals expect. When you download Surskit & Pokeball Rig for Maya from Animworks, you are getting a resource crafted and tested by people who understand what great animation requires.