uh try cylindrical UVW unwrap on the selected area and it should unwrap straight, relax a bit. There are other options too but I ll let you research some more.
Relax. From my experience, 90% of the time they just want to chat with you and make sure you will fit in. Chances are you already have the job if you've come this far.
Assembling and re-assembling some concept work I've been doing for Team Kaizen Games of late. Also, a quick self-portrait I did the other day for relaxation.
I strongly suggest you not pelt unwrap this... your UV map before was great and perfectly fine for painting on, all you had to do was relax the vertices in/around the nose
I haven't had crunch time in years, but when I did I liked to go the the firing range after work. As strange as it sounds, I find it extremely relaxing.
Check out Headus UVLayout. This looks like it's all quads so you should be able to do a rectilinear relax which will give you perfect straight strap uv's.
looks fairly similar to the "unfold strip from loop" button in the unwrap uv modifier. minus the relax part. unless im totally misunderstanding what the peel uv's does.
Alright this is how it's coming so far, i've got all the subtools ironed out and can finally just relax and sculpt whimsically. https://www.dropbox.com/s/h07n9v12jhy4ia6/beast_WIP.JPG
Days off work are for relaxing, and lazily starting fantasy illustrations. ehh, didnt co,me out too well, i get bogged down trying to understand color.