Late in The Dark Knight Rises, Gotham is closed off from the rest of the world and the police are forced underground (both literally and figuratively). We catch up with the action when the government sends a highly-trained government agent in to help with the efforts to overthrow Bane, his mercenaries, and the criminals now free in Gotham. There are a number of times that John Blake is shown drawing a Batman symbol with chalk (shown below is an image of the album cover for the soundtrack that has a similar drawing on it).
What purpose do these drawings serve?
My best guess is that they had something to do with tracking the trucks carrying the bomb around, but that wasn't especially clear.
Answer
We also see the boy in the orphanage drawing little chalky bats during Blake's visit there - this led me to believe that Blake (being one of the former orphans) used to draw these himself as a symbol of hope, and that he was merely replicating these around the city as he attempted to free the cops and also to track the truck routes.
Think of them as 'resistance symbols', like 'V' or Che Gervara stencils.
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