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laggerific:
Yeah, I guess I should call around and see what I can find out...just trying to see if it's worth my time.  

That said, I may just go with a superMP camera and have her do a smaller version and just expand it digitally later.  Or shoot it in chunks and glue it together with those cool panorama programs.  I'm just wondering what ratio I should shoot for if I go for a scaled down version and still have a tight picture when blown up...like 3', 4'?  Also, if it could be smaller, then it would save on paint supplies, as well.  

As for having her work on PC, I'm not sure how comfortable she is with that medium, but its a question I will ask.
bkenobi:
If you have the artist work on media rather than digitally, you may have an issue with capturing the colors correctly when you digitize it later.  Lighting can dramatically change the look of objects (even art...), so using a camera will result in a different digitized image than using a scanner.

If you do choose to scan it, check around for this one (or one that's similar):
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=119&modelid=11463

I tried one (not this one, but similar) years ago to scan the side art from my cabinet and it did work.  I removed the lid (the one I had required no tools) and held it in place while scanning.  I repeated for all sections of the art.  I then tried to fit everything together.  The primary problem was that stitching software wasn't that good, so I had to do it manually.  Today, there are a lot of very good apps that can stitch stuff together for you, so this might actually work nicely!
RayB:
I suggest that in the face of the caveats here, you find a digital media artist instead.
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