What are good sites that provide free media resources for hobby game development?

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I really suck at graphics / music / 3D modeling / animation and it's a must-have when you have a hundred hobby game development projects you're working on. I'm looking for different quality sources on the web that provide free resources.

[EDIT] Some resources given by the answers, in bold the biggest resource per section:

MODELS

SPRITES

OpenGameArt (also contains textures and 3D models)
LostGarden (a couple of isometric tilesets)
The Protagonist Domain (2 sprite sets)
Reiner's Tilesets (also contains a couple of 3D models)
Flying Yogi (3 sprite sets)
Has Graphics (a couple of links to tile sets)

ANIMATED SPRITES

The Spriters Resource (mostly sprites from released games)

CLIPART / VECTOR BASED

Clker
OpenClipArt

PHOTOS

EveryStockPhoto

TEXTURES

CG Textures
OpenFrag

MUSIC

Jamendo
OpSound

SOUND EFFECTS

OTHER PRECOMPILED LISTS

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