Yes Poser art looks like Poser. ... And your point is??

The point is that it's a pejorative comment. What I'm trying to find out is what are the common problems with Poser renders? What can be done to avoid the pitfalls that scream that something is an obvious Poser render? I've seen incredible Poser artwork that doesn't look like Poser.

Charcoal is a very different physical media from watercolor. The differences between Poser, Max, and Maya aren't as distinguishable as that between two different physical art media. A skillfully done Poser render would be hard to distinguish between the other 3D packages. Anybody can tell the difference between charcoal and watercolor no matter what the skill levels were involved in creating artwork with those media. If a person can tell the difference between 3D renders, they're mostly seeing what is wrong with the programs and how they were wielded. An artist chooses oils or pastel because of the texture and look of those media. A 3D artist chooses Poser over other packages because it has a relatively lower learning curve, is considerably less expensive, and has a lot of free and inexpensive content available for it. They're not picking Poser because it has a specific look other than seeing that, in the hands of masters, it can do some very impressive things. I doubt that there is a single Poser user who chose Poser, over other 3D packages, because of something specific in how Poser renders better than other 3D engines.

Some of the better comments that can be received on Poser is that the viewer couldn't believe it was Poser or Vickie. The image bevans84 posted, of his daughter, certainly falls into that category. That could be posted in any 3D forum and not be criticized for being an obvious Poser render. I'd love to see a step by step process of how that image was created. Take a look at Mec4D's gallery for some other examples of images that don't look like Poser even though they are
http//www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?user_id=195109

I cannot think of an instance where a person can say that an image looks like it was done in Poser and feel that it's a compliment.

My visual indexes of Poser content are at http://www.sharecg.com/pf/rgagnon