I could not find one single decent book on horses at the library today; whether the library has a terrible selection of equestrian tomes, or all the horse-fiends have simply checked them all out, I couldn't say. I will need more reference material before I get comfortable drawing a certain baby unicorn.
Many people would tell me to forget about books and use the wonderful resource known as Google Images; this actually doesn't work too well for me. It's somewhat uncomfortable to sit at my computer desk and use the pictures for reference, and if I sit at my drawing desk the monitor is too far away. I could print them out, but ink isn't free, and then I get to playing an irritating game of "Will I get my ink's worth out of this reference picture?"
"Hmm, this picture could be useful, but if I print it out, will I actually use it? Or will I just stick it in a folder and never look at it again? Furthermore, is this the BEST example to use for reference, or should I go through several more pages of thumbnails to verify that there's nothing superior?...wait, is this even what I wanted to draw in the first place?"
I can't be the only one who goes through this...probably.