Blender 3D: Noob to Pro is a great, free tutorial for the free, open source Blender 3D graphics modeling and rendering software. I still cannot believe how little press and attention Blender 3D gets. To me, it's the coolest gift the open source community has yet made to those heroic independent graphic artists who strive to create great computer art without access to a huge corporate budget. Well, the GIMP was another such gift, but Blender 3D rocks! If this tutorial makes Blender 3D more accessible to CG artists who haven't tried it yet, that would be a huge win. More Blender 3D Wikibooks!
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Synfig studio is also good.
Note that Synfig Studio (http://www.synfig.org/cms/) is "free and open-source 2D animation software" that uses vector and bitmap artwork.