  Digital art portfolios serve as impactful mediums for artists to convey their
visions, weaving together visuals, audio, interactions, and narratives.
However, without technical backgrounds, design students often find it
challenging to translate creative ideas into tangible codes and designs, given
the lack of tailored resources for the non-technical, academic support in art
schools, and a comprehensive guiding tool throughout the mentally demanding
process. Recognizing the role of companionship in code learning and leveraging
generative AI models' capabilities in supporting creative tasks, we present
PortfolioMentor, a coding companion chatbot for IDEs. This tool guides and
collaborates with students through proactive suggestions and responsible Q&As
for learning, inspiration, and support. In detail, the system starts with the
understanding of the task and artist's visions, follows the co-creation of
visual illustrations, audio or music suggestions and files, click-scroll
effects for interactions, and creative vision conceptualization, and finally
synthesizes these facets into a polished interactive digital portfolio.
