Born in Los Angeles, California, Blank worked as a digital artist on the fantasy adventure Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997, with visual effects staff Leif Einarsson, Mike Goslin, Paul Hill, Brian Hanable, Evan Jacobs, Kevin Kutchaver, David Lebovitz, Ralph Maiers, Wendy Mashburn, Jeff Matakovich, W. Regan McGee, Janet Quen, Mark Spatny, Talmage Watson, Bob Wiatr, Chris Y. Yang, Chris DeAngelis, and Mark Edwards) and the comic adaptation Blade (1998), and as visual effects supervisor on the television movie Jeff of the Universe (1999).