Some pretty good stuff there on your profile. I don't want to burst any bubbles but doing this doesn't pay a whole lot of bills unless you get hired by a big company...which are currently well-stocked. What I would suggest is that whenever a request pops up for you to chime in and let the person know that your available and point them to your profile with a link. Other than that just play around in the monthly challenges like the rest of us and try out new things.

Any advice you can offer on Illustrator would very helpful because I'm one of those guys who just can not figure that thing out...and I'm sure that there are many others. If you're wanting to play your cards close to the chest then just make as many good maps as you can and post them up...respect (we call it reputation here) will come your way then.