Hi guys, what should I do in this scenario for UV mapping? Say the model is being made for production, not games. Should I UV unwrap the high poly and texture it directly? I ask because in this case the shape of the low poly drastically differs from the high poly. And more in general I'd also like to know how UV unwrapping…
If by production you mean animation/pre-rendered: Yes, you'll need to model in a way that things don't slide around much. This means much more evenly gridded meshes, less lowpoly. If games ever take the step towards realtime sub-d, we'll all need to learn what animation artists have been doing all along, as UV…