After seven seasons of the wacky and odd, “Portlandia” is reaching its wit’s end.

The IFC sketch comedy series that gently skewers the hipster culture of Portland, Ore., launched its eighth and final season Thursday. The show, a flagship for a cable network that specializes in alternative comedy, poked fun at artisan shops, community gardens and quirky characters as it positioned Portland as “the place young people go to retire.”

Stars and executive producers Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, who created “Portlandia” along with Jonathan Krisel (“Baskets”), announced last year that the eighth season would be the last, allowing them to devote more time to their various individual projects.

While pleased with the decision to end the show on their own terms, Armisen, a “Saturday Night Live” alum, and Brownstein, who plays in the Portland-based indie rock bands Sleater-Kinney and Wild Flag, admit to mixed emotions now that the production that showcased their offbeat comedic sensibilities is wrapped.

“There’s a bit of strangeness to it,” Brownstein said, seated next to Armisen during a recent joint interview in Pasadena. “It will feel very pronounced next spring when we’re not in the writers’ room. Right now, it’s intangible.”

“What was most important to us,” said Armisen, “was not so much that this was the final season. The most important thing was ‘How can we make this funny?’ It really wasn’t until the last month that we started thinking, ‘Oh, this is the end.’ On the last day of shooting, it was pretty dramatic and really sad. Everyone on the crew came out. It was a nice feeling. We made it to the finish line together. We weren’t canceled.”

Since its 2011 premiere, “Portlandia” has won accolades from critics and viewers amused by the show’s observational commentary on hipster culture.

One signature sketch suggested that you can put a bird on anything in Portland and call it art. A quaint neighborhood store run by guest star Jeff Goldblum sold only doilies. (Another gag had him selling intricate knots.) Brownstein’s boyfriend in one sketch sported a tattoo of Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder that talked. Armisen and Brownstein portrayed numerous characters, including Toni and Candace, the bohemian feminist owners of the Women and Women First bookstore.

The series earned a Peabody Award and has won several Emmys and been nominated three consecutive times for variety-sketch series.