Shoe Modeling

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I am trying to model a shoe.
Can someone help me with the best way to UV unwrap this. Not sure if it matters but I have used a solidify modifier and have also applied it :confused:
Would rather not remodel it.
Thanks


2

make two seams, one inside, and one outside, separating the sole from the shoe. then I would make a seam along the upper edges, and one more bisecting, vertically, the heel area, from back view. I am pretty sure that will work.

3

Thanks for the help Modron.
In the image I attached in the first post i have isolated only the top of the shoe (sole is separate and hidden), the bottom is open.
I added 1 crease to the top and one to the back as seen below,

shoe UV unwrap2.JPG753×628 61 KB


which has helped but can it get better then this?
shoe UV unwrap3.JPG721×715 74.6 KB


Thanks

4

Well, I suppose the “real-life” example for that shoe is not made out of a single piece of leather/fabric etc., either? So, where would the seams/stitches on a real shoe be?

5

sorry I didn’t mean to literally separate the sole from the shoe, just in terms of UV islands. But I think that unwrap could work, it just needs a little tweak using the ‘live unwrap’ function.
(edit) oh, the sole is hidden…sorry, missed that part.