Editing Hybrid Theory (section)

==Artwork==
With ''Hybrid Theory'' being Linkin Park's first album, [[Mike Shinoda]], who had worked as a graphic designer before becoming a professional musician, has stated that the band had looked through books for inspiration on how to present themselves for the first time. The result was a winged-soldier which Shinoda illustrated himself. According to [[Chester Bennington]], the idea of the soldier with [[dragonfly]] wings was to describe the blending of hard and soft musical elements by the use of the jaded looks of the soldier and frail touches of the wings.<ref name="hybrid theory soldier">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up_bQPJThOk|title=Bennington talks about the hybrid theory soldier|website=[[YouTube]]|date=July 25, 2006 |access-date=August 12, 2009|archive-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705021610/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up_bQPJThOk|url-status=live}}</ref> The art style was largely influenced by [[stencil graffiti]], including early works by [[Banksy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://complex.com/music/2015/10/linkin-park-talks-recording-hybrid-theory-album-on-15th-anniversary|title=Linkin Park Talks Recording 'Hybrid Theory,' the Most Successful Debut Album of the Century|website=Complex|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=October 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031014018/http://www.complex.com/music/2015/10/linkin-park-talks-recording-hybrid-theory-album-on-15th-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref> The cover also features scrambled lyrics of the album's songs within the background, though the lyrics of "[[One Step Closer (Linkin Park song)|One Step Closer]]" are the most prominent.<ref>{{cite web|first=Thomas|last=Smith|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/linkin-parks-hybrid-theory-turns-15-the-story-behind-nu-metals-breakthrough-moment-760711|title=Linkin Park's 'Hybrid Theory' Turns 15 – The Story Behind Nu-Metal's 'Breakthrough Moment|publisher=October|date=October 28, 2015|access-date=December 26, 2017|archive-date=January 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110230512/http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/linkin-parks-hybrid-theory-turns-15-the-story-behind-nu-metals-breakthrough-moment-760711|url-status=live}}</ref>