You can see one way to unwrap a head in #Part 09 of this tutorial. I think using cylindrical mapping for unwrapping a head (as shown in that tutorial) is a common method.
Hey guys, I need some pointers here, I've been trying to unwrap this female head model, but I have had no real success (I have never really unwrapped a head). Also, I've been googling how to do this for the past hour or so, and all of the tutorials I've passed seem to just be really crappy ways of unwrapping a head.…