Texture Preparation - Game Character Development with Maya - page 496

4. Now you've come to the ear. Again, a simple planar map will work well here ( Fig-
ure 8.57 ) , but unwrap the UVs that are behind the ear.
FIGURE 8.57 Planar-map the ear.
Wearealmostdone;therearejustafewmoreareastoworkon.Comingupnextisthehair.
Hair UVs
The inner layers of the hair already have some basic mapping applied to them. This will
allow us to use a single texture to map all of them.
Outer Hair
The only area needing attention here is the outer layer of hair.
1. As shown in Figure 8.58 , apply planar mapping to the outer layers on both sides
of the hair, projecting along the X axis.