Picture

A Picture is a special piece of furniture, worth around 3,200 HRA points each. They are given to the player by a villager when the player becomes very good or best friends with them. Villager pictures were included in, absent in City Folk, but returned in. The picture has a portrait of the villager and can be interacted with to reveal a quote. The quote can be unique to the character itself (One example is Tangy's picture, which talks about citrus) or their personalities or species. See villager for more info. It is also possible to obtain pictures of certain special NPCs like KK Slider and Tom Nook, but the requirements for these items vary.

There are 156 villager picture furniture items in. They do not appear in the catalog, and do not have a color or genre, despite their colored frames. The player can put these pictures on top of tables/fireplaces/etc. They all take up one space in the player's house, and cannot be sold. When dropped outside, they appear as the same green leaf that other furniture items do.

If the player receives a villager's picture, then later that villager moves away to a friend's town, if the player ever visits and talk to the villager, they will suddenly remember them. It will also save to their greeting such as:

"Hey! I'm Victoria! I've moved from (town name)"

Tom Nook's portrait is the only one obtainable in Animal Crossing, and it can be seen on Bubbles the hippo's Watermelon Table.

Tips to get the picture
Talk to the villager around 9 to 10 times a day. Around 2 to 3 weeks later, walk away for around 15 to 30 minutes, then walk near the villager. If they have a surprised or excited emotion and start running to you, they might want to give you their picture. Sending them gifts and helping them with their hobbies can increase your bond. Doing favors for them is the best way to earn a picture. There should be a short tune whenever you have an opportunity to improve your relationship with a villager, which repeats when you complete a task for them. In New Leaf after completing enough favors for a villager they will reward you with a picture of themselves.

There's also a second way to get a villager picture in New Leaf. You'll have to wait for April Fools' Day. Blanca will be around the plaza. Unlike other special characters, she isn't standing near the Town tree. Instead, she is strolling near the plaza. Talk to her and she will poof away and hide in one of your villagers houses. In one of the houses there will be a copy of a villager. (For example two Nibbles.) You'll have to find the right one and give the towel to the faker. You are able to get some clues who's wrong depending on the things the two are saying. For example their birthday. One will be wrong, and that's Blanca. If you don't know just choose you can't decide and talk again with them. They will sometimes give other information. Once you find the right one, The villager will be happy and give you their picture. When you're wrong they will not give you their picture, and the villager will be sad. Blanca always move up to another villager house, she does too when you had got the answer wrong. After she has done all villagers she leaves your town. Blanca's picture is also obtainable by picking the right answer with all conserversations. You'll get her picture by mail next day.

Lazy Villager glitch
When you become close friends to a lazy villager, they'll ask you to see something and if you say yes they'll say you don't want to see it. However, If you're lucky, you'll get the lazy villager's picture. if you're not lucky, you'll have to make a new player and become friends again. Also, they'll start to act as if they did give you one. If you really want to get a picture you should try talking to them every day, giving them presents and also doing the tasks they ask you to do.

Villager pictures return in. The player receives them in similar ways to, but instead in their mail box or on April Fool's Day if they can pick the real villager from the fake. The player can get special pictures from certain NPCs. Here is a list consisting on where to obtain them.