The most active period of creativity occurred in 2005, when Shemyakin in the suburbs of New York City, made about 20 sketches of "Hoffmaniada" dolls in a short time. The main production designer of the film was Elena Livanova. Livanova created images of minor characters and turned some of Shemyakin's sketches into working sketches, and also translated the sketches into technical drawings for making dolls. Livanova was assisted by the artist Nikolai Livanov. In total, about 150 dolls were created for the film.