'Amazing Spider-Man 2': Spidey Villains' Looks Inspired by Science

In "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," when the villain Electro gets charged up, a swirl of colors reminiscent of the Orion nebula fills his inner form. 

The creators of the visual effects for the new film "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" took their cues from science when designing the look of the huge production.

Spiders have always been a core inspiration for Peter Parker's alter ego (played by Andrew Garfield), but for the new film, the visual-effects team needed to get even more creative. After all, there are multiple villains in this sequel to the "Spider-Man" series reboot:

Electro, the Goblin and the aptly named Rhino, a "Transformers"-style cyborg.

"Science and reality are very important to us as the basis to start from when we design our visual effects," said senior visual-effects supervisor Jerome Chen. "Then, when we make departures, at least we are making an educated decision when doing something that is clearly not real," added Chen, whose work includes the first "Spider-Man" movie, "Beowulf" and "The Polar Express."