Texture stretching on the shoulder area of a rigged humanoid character

Veljko

Hey guys, how would you go about fixing texture stretching on areas that deform a lot? I have a rigged character (clothes are not simulated, they are skinned) for a short film and I get texture stretching in the shoulder area once the arms drop to the side(we're using Maya 2016). Here's a screenshot:

Eric Chadwick

One way to minimize this... author your textures/models so the fabric is more bunched up in the default pose, so you can pull the wrinkles/texture apart as you bend the arm.

Veljko

Hi, thanks for replying. Do you perhaps have a suggestion on how I could change the textures to minimize stretching? 

Eric Chadwick

Compress the pattern.