Main characters usually take months to finish because the concept of the character often changes many times throughout the course of a game's development. Alice:Madness Returns is a great example of this, it is a sequel to a 10 year old game. What would the new, modern looking character look like? It was a difficult task…
When he is using terms like "we" and "our" etc. it could simply be a language barrier and he doesn't realize that sorta makes him sound like a liar. I imagine that he could have made the game itself, but as others have said most of the art has been paid for in some way. For example programs like speed tree make it easy to…