According to the official website the Artist's
Alley is fully booked...I'm not sure what that
means though, since as you say that room was
incredibly large last year T__T.  Maybe someone
should post on the Otakon message board and see if
a staff member can give us a pointer in the right
direction?  I've been posting under the Q&A
subsection as 'chanth'.  Here's to hoping one of
the staffers replies to my query for an update on
the initial request *G*.

Sensei: Even as I typed that, I figured that it
was quite possible the background was the size of
a small island nation ^^;;.  I have one of those
from CCS, and had to buy a huge envelope from an
art store just to house it safely.  I shall have
to be content with oggling at the scan on your
site ^_~.

I'll be the...I don't know what I'll be, but I'll
try to be a good one *lol*.  I'll be hauling along
my new zippered portfolio binder *hugs it*, and
possibly my little Yukito plush.