Glen Michael Angus | |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1970 |
Birth Place: | Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | Verona, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Field: | Fantasy art |
Glen Michael Angus (August 18, 1970 – July 19, 2007) was a Canadian artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games and video games.
Angus was born August 18, 1970,[1] in Windsor, Ontario.[2] [3] He played the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game as a child, which his father Jim Angus said cultivated his son's passion for the fantasy genre.
Angus began producing interior illustrations for Dungeons & Dragons books in 1994. He also illustrated cards for the collectible card game.
He also worked for Ravensoft on the X-Men Legends video game, in which his art appeared. He worked for four years as an artist at Raven Software/Activision, and at the time of his death he was a principal artist for Ravensoft/Activision.
Angus taught graphic and computer art at St. Clair College, which he previously attended. He taught there for five years as a teacher of illustration and graphic design. Angus and his family moved to Wisconsin, USA, in 2002.
Angus died suddenly on July 19, 2007, from a sudden heart failure at age 36 in Verona, Wisconsin, where he lived with his wife and two children.