Deaf • Eye

DEFY - verb | duh·fai

Withstand (a thing) make (an action or quality) almost impossible. Appear to be challenging (someone) to do or prove its possibility. / ARCHAIC - challenge to combat.

Established in 2016. Alyssa and Joby were looking for ways to express their love and passion for art on different landscapes: media, public walls, the screen, on canvas, toys, wherever! They ventured into multiple media both traditional and digital. Providing creative solutions and bringing public art that everyone celebrates drive these two to continue to strive!

Alyssa Bartoline

Multidisciplinary Artist
Muralist | VFX & Animator | Painter | Toy Artist | Illustrator
Alyssa is an all-around artist in charge of operations. She has exhibited her works in various galleries in the Philippines and collaborated with several local brands. She’s mostly in charge of the design concepts and animation aspects of DeafEye Studio. She likes watching old cartoons and daydreaming about what it’s like to work with the legendary animators of Cartoon Network, Disney, and Nickelodeon (update 2024: she’s now working with the legends at RAVE Collective as a Junior Motion Designer!)
But mostly, she sits down and watches sitcoms to unwind.
Website: alyssabartoline.com
Instagram: @alyssabartoline
- 2D Animation & Motion Design
- Mural Painting
- Illustration & Graphic Design
- Canvas & Product Painting
- 3D Modelling
- Character Design
- Storyboarding
- Scenario Visualization
- Video Editing & Visual Effects
- Toy Design

Joby Gonzalez

Multidisciplinary Artist
Muralist | Illustrator | Graphic Designer | Painter | Toy Artist
Joby is the muscle of DeafEye Studio. He is a full-time, all-around artist who’s always present in on-site mural projects. He exhibited his works around Metro Manila and collaborated on mural projects with some of the most prominent local artists in the Philippines. He’s a comic nerd and one hell of a hoarder. He someday wishes to be Batman… who skateboards and bikes. He takes his art in the streets from time to time.
Instagram: @jobingi
- Mural Painting
- Canvas & Product Painting
- Sticker Design
- Illustration
- Tattoo Design
- Toy Design
- 3D Printing