2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/96575We describe a new method of constructing Kobayashi-hyperbolic surfaces in complex projective 3-space based on deforming surfaces with a "hyperbolic non-percolation" property. We use this method to show that general small deformations of certain singular abelian surfaces of degree 8 are hyperbolic. We also show that a union of 15 planes in general position in projective 3-space admits hyperbolic deformations.9 pages, to appear in Chern issue of Houston J. MathAlgebraic GeometryComplex Variables14J70, 32Q45, 32H25text