I'd be interested in this. I know how to use GIS and real world map data, and am familiar with how to use map projections, etc. If you want, I could design the map as a conic, then reproject the map into Equidistant Cylindrical for easy mapping onto a UV sphere/spheroid (This would still be a limited extent map, not a whole globe though)

Examples of my work that seem relevant to your project include:

Canada in Black and White
Bākoi
Lampshade of Earth (Yes, I really made a lampshade out of it.)
Lands of the Inner Sea

More examples are here:
http://www.cartographersguild.com/album.php?&u=9958
http://draconic.ca/portfolio/
http://hai-etlik.deviantart.com/gallery/10457186